Stranger:
1. a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance.
Outsider:
1. a person not belonging to a particular group, set, party, etc.
Foreigner:
1. a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
(Definitions from Dictionary.com)
I am not quite sure if my interpretation of the title is correct, or even remotely accurate, but this is what I think the title is reffering to. Obviously the book focus's on Meusault. I believe that the title refers towards this character in some way. He is a type of person who keeps to himself; he is also the type of person when he doesn't have a preference or does not really care for something, he will not say anything. "I didn't say anything..." (Pg. 29) He seems to be a stranger, because he is indeed an "interesting" character in society, but he always seems to be an outsider. Since he killed a man, he was sent to prison, criminals are thought to be "outsiders" due to their actions. They are sent away. Away from society. I think the foreign part is talking about the Arabs. I am a little confused upon this concept.
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