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The most integral setting of this story is the old, abandoned church on Jay Mountain. It's integral because if Johnny and Ponyboy hadn't gone to that specific church, they wouldn't have been there when the fire occurred. And if they weren't there for the fire, they wouldn't have done what they did, and Johnny wouldn't have died. This quote proves our point, "But he never heard Dally's answer, for we had reached the top of Jay Mountain and Dally suddenly slammed on the brakes and stared. "Oh, glory!" he whispered. The church was on fire! "Let's go see what the deal is," I said, hopping out. "What for?" Dally sounded irritated. "Get back in here before I beat your head in." I knew Dally would have to park the car and catch me before he could carry out his threat, and Johnny was already out and following me, so I figured I was safe. We could hear him cussing us out, but he wasn't mad enough to come after us. There was a crowd at the front of the church, mostly little kids, and I wondered how they'd gotten there so quickly. I tapped the nearest grownup. "What's going on?" "Well, we don't know for sure," the man said with a good-natured grin. "We were having a school picnic up here and the first thing we knew, the place is burning up. Thank goodness this is a wet season and the old thing is worthless anyway." Then, to the kids, he shouted, "Stand back, children. The firemen will be coming soon." "I bet we started it," I said to Johnny. "We must have dropped a lighted cigarette or something." About that time a lady came running up. "Jerry, some of the kids are missing." "They're probably around here somewhere. You can't tell with all this excitement where they might be." "No." She shook her head. "They've been missing for at least a half an hour. I thought they were climbing the hill..." Then we all froze. Faintly, just faintly, you could hear someone yelling. And it sounded like it was coming from inside the church. The woman went white. "I told them not to play in the church... I told them..." She looked like she was going to start screaming, so Jerry shook her. "I'll get them, don't worry!" I started at a dead run for the church, and the man caught my arm. "I'll get them. You kids stay out!" I jerked loose and ran on. All I could think was: We started it. We started it. We started it! I wasn't about to go through that flaming door, so I slammed a big rock through a window and pulled myself in. It was a wonder I didn't cut myself to death, now that I think about it." (90-91). If they hadn't been in that specific place at that specific time, Johnny would still be alive

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There is one big symbol in the story and it's Bob's rings. They symbolize the advantages that the Socs have over the greasers. Advantages such as social power, money, and connections. These things help the Socs metaphorically "beat up" the greasers in life. When Johnny gets beat up by Bob and his rings leave scratches on Johnny's face, its like life and its hardships are finally taking a toll on him. They make him weak and defenseless and leave a scar that won't go away. They will be there for the rest of his life and really affect it. Johnny fears the rings because he isn't the one wearing them, he is the one who gets the short end of  the stick and has it worse. The quote, "Finally, between sobs, Johnny managed to gasp out his story. He had been hunting our football to practice a few kicks when a blue Mustang had pulled up beside the lot. There were four Socs in it. They had caught him and one of them had a lot of rings on his hand--- that's what had cut Johnny up so badly. It wasn't just that they had beaten him half to death--- he could take that. They had scared him. They had threatened him with everything under the sun. Johnny was high-strung anyway, a nervous wreck from getting belted every time he turned around and from hearing his parents fight all the time. Living in those conditions might have turned someone else rebellious and bitter; it was killing Johnny. He had never been a coward. He was a good man in a rumble. He stuck up for the gang and kept his mouth shut good around cops. But after the night of the beating, Johnny was jumpier than ever. I didn't think he'd ever get over it. Johnny never walked by himself after that. And Johnny, who was the most law-abiding of us, now carried in his back pocket a six-inch switchblade. He'd use it, too, if he ever got jumped again. They had scared him that much. He would kill the next person who jumped him. Nobody was ever going to beat him like that again. Not over his dead body..." (33-34) shows Johnny's reaction to the rings. The Socs took the rings, advantages, and chose to use it to harm and be mean to those who don't have them. The rings have a lot of meaning and affect almost everyone in the story.

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Bob's archetype is the town bully. His is the most leader-like of the Socs. He seems to be the one who is mainly beating up the greasers as shown in this quote,
"It was Randy and Bob and three other Socs, and they recognized us. I knew Johnny recognized them; he was watching the moonlight glint off Bob's rings with huge eyes. "Hey, whatta ya know?" Bob said a little unsteadily, "here's the little greasers that picked up our girls. Hey, greasers." "You're outa your territory," Johnny warned in a low voice. "You'd better watch it" Randy swore at us and they stepped in closes. Bob was eyeing Johnny. "Nup, pal, yer the ones who'd better watch it. Next time you want a broad, pick up yer own kind--- dirt." I was getting mad. I was hating them enough to lose my head. "You know what a greaser is?" Bob asked. "White trash with long hair." I felt the blood draining from my face. I've been cussed out and sworn at, but nothing ever hit me like that did. Johnnycake made a kind of gasp and his eyes were smoldering. "You know what a Soc is?" I said, my voice shaking with rage. "White trash with Mustangs and madras." And then, because I couldn't think of anything bad enough to call them, I spit at them. Bob shook his head, smiling slowly. "You could use a bath, greaser. And a good working over. And we've got all night to do it. Give the kid a bath, David."' (55). Bob is the one who lead the beat up of Johnny and Ponyboy. After his death, the Socs had a big fight with the greasers and then kind of fell apart and stopped jumping them. Without Bob they didn't really have motorization to fight the greasers anymore. He is kind of like the big bad wolf of the story.

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Soda is the confidant. He is the only person, other than Johnny, that Ponyboy trusts and tells everything to. In one scene, on page 17, Soda and Ponyboy have a deep conversation and Soda says that Darry doesn't mean anything when he yells at him, basically reading Ponyboy's mind. This shows how close they are and that Ponyboy confides in Soda often.

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The archetype that Darry is, is the peacemaker/mediator. This is because he could be a Soc or a greaser. He is the most calm in the group and "uses his head" more than others in the gang.

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Dally's archetype is the hotshot. He is the hotshot because he takes many risks and is in a lot of fights. In most scenes he is in, he is doing some risky action. In his past, he experienced a lot of pain from his childhood. When he was in New York he was in/saw a lot of fights and he is the toughest in the group.

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Johnny's archetype is the victim. He is the victim because from the very beginning he gets treated badly for doing nothing and he dies at the end. His parents abuse him and he is hurt a lot.

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Ponyboy's archetype is the hero. He is the hero because he leaves the town with Johnny and goes on an adventure. On the adventure, he saves children in a fire. This is what makes him a hero. He makes his reputation from a dirty hood to a hero who should be honored.

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Darry is a bridge. He holds everyone in the gang up when they are weak. He does break, though, sometimes. As shown in this quote, "Suddenly I realized, horrified, that Darry was crying. He didn't make a sound, but tears were running down his cheeks. I hadn't seen him cry in years, not even when Mom and Dad had been killed. (I remembered the funeral. I has sobbed in spite of myself; Soda had broken down and bawled like a baby; but Darry had only stood there, his fists in his pockets and that look on his face, the same helpless, pleading look that he was wearing now.)" (98).
He also bridges the gap between the Socs and the greasers because he could have been a Soc but he instead is a greaser, because of his brothers.

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https://www.16personalities.com/estj-personality - Personality Link

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One of Darry's flaws is his emotions. Multiple times in the story, his emotions end up getting the best of him and someone or something gets negatively impacted.

One scene where this is shown in when Darry slaps him.  Darry doesn't know what to do when Ponyboy retaliates and gets really angry, instantly which results in him slapping Ponyboy. His flaw results in him harming Ponyboy without thinking.

Another scene which shows this is shown in this quote, "I let go of Soda and stood there for a minute. Darry didn't like me... he had driven me away that night... he had hit me... Darry hollered at me all the time... he didn't give a hang about me.... Suddenly I realized, horrified, that Darry was crying. He didn't make a sound, but tears were running down his cheeks. I hadn't seen him cry in years, not even when Mom and Dad had been killed. (I remembered the funeral. I had sobbed in spite of myself; Soda had broken down and bawled like a baby; but Darry had only stood there, his fists in his pockets and that look on his face, the same helpless, pleading look that he was wearing now.)" (98). This scene tells us that Darry was crying and that he was holding them in for along time. This shows his weakness because they broke him and he started crying.

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One of Darry's many desires is wanting Ponyboy to succeed in life. This is proven in the quote,
"If I brought home B's, he wanted A's, and if I got A's, he wanted to make sure they stayed A's. If I was playing football, I should be in studying, and if I was reading, I should be out playing football." (13).
Darry's wanting Ponyboy to succeed in life really impacts the story because while he loves Pony, it sounds like Darry dislikes Pony and pressures him because of it. When in reality, Darry just wants Pony to succeed because Soda dropped out, and he wants to be parent-like (a guardian) and support him as much as possible.

Another quote that proves that Darry wants Ponyboy to succeed in life is,
"Then after summer me and Darry got into a fuss, about the fourth one we'd had that week. This one started because I hadn't done anything on that theme, and I wanted to go for a ride. It used to be that I'd just stand there and let Darry yell at me, but lately I'd been yelling right back.
'What's the sweat about my schoolwork?" I finally shouted. "I'll have to get a job as soon as I get out of school anyway. Look at Soda. He's doing okay, and he dropped out. You can just lay off!'
'You're not going to drop out. Listen, with your brains and grades you could get a scholarship, and we could put you through college. But schoolwork's not the point. You're living in a vacuum, Pony, and you're going to have to cut it out. Johnny and Dallas were our buddies, too, but you don't just stop living because you lose someone. I thought you knew that by now. You don't quit! And anytime you don't like the way I'm running things, you can get out.'" (173). In this scene Darry goes through a fight with Ponyboy over his grades. This shows how much he wants Ponyboy to succeed because he chooses to make Ponyboy angry and mad with him, just so he will have a better chance at going to college and not being a greaser and having a not crap life.

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Darry's motivation is to be the best guardian he can be for Ponyboy and Soda.

Event 1: When Ponyboy comes home late after falling asleep in the lot. When he comes home at two in the morning, Darry yells and slaps him as shown in this quote, "Darry looked up from his paper. He was on his feet in a second. I stood there, chewing my fingernail.
'Where the heck have you been? Do you know what time it is?' He was madder than I'd seen him in a long time. I shook my head wordlessly.
'Well, it's two in the morning, kiddo. Another hour and I would have had the police out after you. Where were you Ponyboy?' -his voice rising- "Where in the almighty universe were you?'
It sounded dumb, even to me, when I stammered, 'I...I went to sleep in the lot...'
'You what?' He was shouting, and Sodapop sat up and rubbed his eyes.
'Hey, Ponyboy,' he said sleepily, 'where ya been?'
'I didn't mean to.' I pleaded with Darry. 'I was talking to Johnny and we both dropped off...'
'I reckon it never occurred to you that your brothers might be worrying their heads off and afraid to call the police because something like that could get you two thrown in a boys' home so quick it'd make your head spin. And you were asleep in the lot? Ponyboy, what on earth is the matter with you? Can't you use your head? You haven't even got a coat on.'
I felt hot tears of anger and frustration rising. 'I said I didn't mean to...'
'I didn't mean to!' Darry shouted, and I almost shook. 'I didn't think! I forgot! That's all I ever hear out of you! Cant you think of anything?'
'Darry...' Sodapop began, but Darry turned on him. 'You keep your trap shut! I'm sick and tired of hearin' you stick up for him'
He should never yell at Soda. Nobody should ever holler at my brother. I exploded. 'You don't yell at him!' I shouted. Darry wheeled around and slapped me so hard that it knocked me against the door.
Suddenly it was deathly quiet. We had all frozen. Nobody in my family had ever hit me. Nobody..." (49-50)
In this scene Darry shows his motivation by getting reeled up after Ponyboy "goes missing" for a few hours. Darry gets worried, which shows  he truly cares about protecting his brothers as long and as much as possible.

Event 2: "Then after supper me and Darry got into a fuss, about the fourth one we'd had that week. This one started because I hadn't done anything on that theme, and I wanted to go for a ride. It used to be that I'd just stand there and let Darry yell at me, but lately I'd been yelling right back.
'What's the sweat about my schoolwork?" I finally shouted. "I'll have to get a job as soon as I get out of school anyway. Look at Soda. He's doing okay, and he dropped out. You can just lay off!'
'You're not going to drop out. Listen, with your brains and grades you could get a scholarship, and we could put you through college. But schoolwork's not the point. You're living in a vacuum, Pony, and you're going to have to cut it out. Johnny and Dallas were our buddies, too, but you don't just stop living because you lose someone. I thought you knew that by now. You don't quit! And anytime you don't like the way I'm running things, you can get out.'" (173).

In this scene, it shows Darry's motivation because he is devoted enough to be the best guardian because he is willing to get into the fourth argument of the week about Ponyboy's success. Darry is concerned about Pony's grades, which is parent-like, and this proves that he wants be like a parent and protect his brothers as much as possible.

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Darry is more of an executive person. He's observant, extroverted, he thinks, he's judging, and assertive.

His personality type  is Executive (ESTJ-A). This accurately represents Darry's personailty, because one of his strengths is dedication. He wouldn't abandon jobs or responsibilities, like Ponyboy getting and keeping A's in school. He also has to take up important responsibilities to be able to protect his brothers all the time, and friends, when needed. This is proven by the quote,

"I let go of Soda and stood there for a minute. Darry didn't like me... he had driven me away that night... he had hit me... Darry hollered at me all the time... he didn't give a hang about me.... Suddenly I realized, horrified, that Darry was crying. He didn't make a sound, but tears were running down his cheeks. I hadn't seen him cry in years, not even when Mom and Dad had been killed. (I remembered the funeral. I had sobbed in spite of myself; Soda had broken down and bawled like a baby; but Darry had only stood there, his fists in his pockets and that look on his face, the same helpless, pleading look that he was wearing now.)" (98).

Most parents would cry if their child ran away and then they found them, because they were scared. But Darry almost NEVER cries. He didn't even cry at his parents FUNERAL, but now he's crying? This completely proves that Darry loves his brothers and needs to take care of them. It's partially the fact that he's the oldest, but it's mainly the fact that he is hard on himself to take care of his brothers, no matter what.