Protagonists within literature were once the rebels; however, in modern narrative, heroes are more like strangers—the individual who is alienated and disaffected—an outsider. In Lois Simmie’s novel, The Secret Lives of Sgt. John Wilson, the story centers this new type of hero: the stranger. As a stranger, the title character John Wilson, engages the reader in a different way. For the reader, it means going beyond just seeing the qualities of a stranger to the more challenging task of understanding him