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