: Simmel defines the stranger as someone who arrives today and stays tomorrow—a person who is both near and far at the same time.
2. Sociological Perspective: The "Other" and Social Distance STRANGER
: Comparing Meursault's experiences with other existentialist works like Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis or Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea . : Simmel defines the stranger as someone who
: Analyzing the protagonist Meursault’s indifference to social norms, such as his lack of grief at his mother's funeral, which eventually leads to his condemnation by society. STRANGER