The_Ones_Who_Walked_Away_from_Omelas

The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas “The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas” is an interesting story, since the author Ursula K. LeGuin focuses on the way the city is developed By playing attention of the way the habitants lives are, we can find the positives and negatives aspects of the town. The way she describes the people of Omelas, by saying that “they were mature, intelligent, [and] passionate adults,” gives the impression that Omelas is a dreamy and irreal city. The place that LeGuin describes here is nowhere in particular. It can be any town in the world, which means that the story that develops can be symbolic of any town or city. The emphasis on the ideality of this city is what gives rise to the irony of the story, because happiness of Omelas’ inhabitants is based on the suffering of a child. The way LeGuin describes the town of Omelas, puts us in a difficult place, since we are forced to accept the story as it is told to us. Even though, at the beginning of this passage, she does not seem sure of how to describe this town. She mentions, “how can I tell you about city, story, omelas, happiness, town, way, one, leguin, child, words, people, gives, describe, away, accept, wish, willing, though, therefore, society, since, perfect, passage, once, leguin’s, find, even, describes, about, ursula, think, thing, suffering, seems, says