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The Importance Of Social Groups In The Outsiders

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You’re having a bad day, some kids are being mean to you, your parents aren’t home to help you, who do you go to? Friends. Having a small group of friends that you can go to whenever you need to is very important. Especially in teenage years when it’s easy to get in arguments with people you maybe thought were your friends. You should have a group of friends you know are your friends and are there for you. It is important to have people in your life you feel you can trust so if you don’t have a strong family support group at home you know you have people you can go to. Also, if you have a certain group of friends you will always have eachothers backs. Lastly, in life situations like in the Outsiders, no one really has a family, they have a strong relationship with, so their social group is their only support. It is important to have people in your life you feel you can trust so if you don’t have a strong family support group at home you know you have people you can go to. Also, if you have a certain group of …show more content…

In the Outsiders, Soda, Ponyboy, and Darry parents dies early in their lives, so they only have each other and the other Greaser’s. Since they have become so close they all are always there for each other no matter what. If the Greasers didn’t have each other, I think it would make growing up a lot harder for them. They already have a bad reputation just “being greasers”, but if they didn’t have each other to talk to, I think It is important to have people in your life you feel you can trust so if you don’t have a strong family support group at home you know you have people you can go to. Also, if you have a certain group of friends you will always have eachothers backs. Lastly, in life situations like in the Outsiders, no one really has a family, they have a strong relationship with, so their social group is their only

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