Social Groups In The Outsiders

As stated in The Outsiders, “He stuck up for the gang and kept his mouth shut good around cops.” This shows how gangs or social groups stick up for each other and are trustworthy. They do not seem as bad as others perceive it. Social friendship is beneficial for anyone and it is necessary. It is like fish needing to water strive to higher places. In other words, fish need water and people need friendship. Social groups are more beneficial than they are harmful to a person. Such as having people to talk to, gaining friends that understand and will support them, and obtain friends that have similar likes and dislikes.
Firstly, being in a social group allows people to have multiple friends to talk with and gain more social skills. I personally learned English as a second language and because I talked to my friends countless times, I learned to communicate better. I have a wider range of vocabulary, I understand what they are saying, and learned how to craft new friendships. In addition, to the first reason, students are not loners and have a group of friends that care and understand each other. For instance, Ponyboy does not fit in with his classmates at school, but he has his …show more content…
Having friends that know the troubles that other friends are going through and help their friends go through with it. In fact, Johnny has had a hard past with his family not treating him well, with his father beating him and his neglectful mother. However he always has gang who really care about him and be his second family in place of his real one. Similarly, students having their buddies back when they're in trouble. When Bob almost drowned Ponyboy, Johnny saved him. This consequently happened again when Johnny pushed Ponyboy out of the burning church to save him. Not to mention, when Dally saved Johnny when the Church collapsed. Kids having a group of friends that are willing to help in hard times and are willing to help them in