Social action that occurs in a person is a form of response to various motives of problems and problems that occur in society. Social action has a close relationship with social life, one of which is behavior and attitudes. The purpose of this study is to describe the analysis of social action in the short story "Fii Biladi al-Ajaib" by Kamil Kailani. This research method uses content analysis of the data in this study in the form of sentences containing social actions in the short story "Fii Biladi al-Ajaib". Data collection techniques used reading techniques and note-taking techniques. Data analysis techniques in this study are in the form of data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. The results of this study indicate the theory of social action based on Max Weber in the short story "Fii Biladi al-Ajaib", including the discovery of (1) value rationality actions, in the form of making others happy, holding fast to a belief, and respecting the invitation of others, (2) effective action in the form of emotions, (3) acts of instrumental rationality in the form of preserving feelings and saving the future.

New criticism is a literary movement that counters historical, biographical, and impressionistic approaches. This study aims to contribute views to those focusing on a scholarly and critical study of literature, especially in the study of poetry form, to interpret "Lau Annana Lam Naftariq" poetry by Farouq Jwaideh. The research uses descriptive-qualitative research methods. The results of this study show that the forms used in the poem "Lau Annana Lam Naftariq" are diverse, ranging from hyperbole, climax, personification, repetition, anticlimactic, policemanism, simile, synecdotal, and antithesis forms. The overall meaning revealed in "Lau Annana Lam Naftariq" centers around love, sadness, regret, and confusion. Lau Annana Lam Naftariq's poetry is a poet's expression about his love life, about his sadness, regret, and confusion towards his lover. Faruq Jwaidah describes her feelings of love, sadness, and confusion with metaphors and stunning language styles.