From the beginning of the book, Ponyboy talks about how much Darry doesn’t like him. He tells Cherry, he tells Soda, he tells Dally, he tells anyone who will listen. The night of the murder, he is sure of it because Darry finally hits him. This causes him to “run away” which then leads to Johnny killing Bob.
When Pony finally sees Darry again at the hospital after the fire, he realizes that Darry loves him desperately. When Pony sees that Darry is crying, he remembers that Darry didn’t even cry at their parents’ funeral so he knows how scared he was and how deeply Darry cares about him. This is the realization that hits him and immediately wipes out all his doubts about whether or not Darry cared about him.
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