Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

This quotes shows that the citizens’ emotions are affected by the child’s neglect. Omelas is suppose to be a society where citizens show no sympathy because it would jeopardize their freedom and lifestyle. The basement where the child resides frightens the citizens because it symbolizes how the society could be despondent, so they allow the child to be the scapegoat. I believe the title, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, is significant because it expresses people that are not satisfied in Omelas walk away to find their pure happiness. Le Guin does a great job influencing her readers into thinking that receiving happiness through others is not worth it.

I would leave this city like many other humble people because if I stayed here I would be very selfish and have a lot of guilt. Staying in Omelas implies that you’re selfish and that you don't care about others. It means that for anyone that would stay in Omelas it's all about them and that they are happy throughout their lives. To them nothing matters on why or even how they’re happy but the fact that they are. The second reason I would leave Omelas is because I would have extensive guilt for this child and what he has gone through.

In this society, somehow, going outside gets you a trip to the psychiatrist and being a pedestrian gets you arrested which is a very evident example of censoring people away from noticing too much around them, hence, the idea that being different is wrong. (STEWE-2) When this idea is implemented, individuality starts to decline and more and more people turn out like the same. Beatty explains to Montag the time when there was a “boy in [his] own school class who was exceptionally ‘bright’, did most of the reciting and answering while the others sat like so many leaden idols, hating him]” and it was “this bright boy [who was] selected for beatings and tortures after hours” (Bradbury 55). The reason behind this is because the government wants the people to be the same and so by doing this, no one questions the authority and in the government’s eyes, everyone is living in a happy wonderland.

During the time of the Great Depression people did not know about mental disabilities and that is why Lennie was not treated fairly. Lennie got into a lot of trouble at work, which caused for him and George to find different jobs all the time. An example of when Lennie and George had to leave a job because of Lennie’s actions was when they were in Weed and Lennie touched the girl’s dress and would not let go. The only reason why Lennie did that was because he saw something he liked and he did not want to let go and he became scared when she started to scream. People during this time period were unaware of mental disabilities which made it hard for them to get jobs.

After the kids locked Margot in the closet the kids got to go outside and enjoy the sun, they remembered about Margot. The rain had started up again, all the kids were gloomy and sad. But there was an incredible amount of regret and guilt filling up the kids. If the kids had never decided to take action, they would have never had to deal with the guilt and

For every single careless action, there is the possibility for disaster. With every single word that someone mindlessly says out loud, there is the chance of regret. This world has gone through so much hardship such as countries being torn apart and cities full of crime because people don’t want to change. Nothing really stops the human race from making mistakes; of course, parents and elders give children warnings and advice as they grow older, “don’t drink and drive” or “always spend your money wisely”. Although, some people simply choose not to follow the warnings and advice.

I say this because she is scared of disappointing everyone, so she lies in order to save herself from the humility she’d face. I can relate to this, especially when I was younger, because whenever I got in trouble I’d try and pin it on someone else so I wouldn’t disappoint anyone, especially my parents. The modern day situation of what Mayella is going through is similar to when someone tells the world that they are a member of the LGBTQ. In a small town, such as ours, it is a great deal of shock when someone, “Comes out of the closet.” Often times, it results in everyone either accepting it, or people being outraged.

Why bring the misery of this child into their world when the entire city can be deliriously happy at the expense of one? While their reasoning is foolish and complicated, Le Guin is able to argue for the selfishness and cowardice of human nature as well as present the theme that happiness cannot be fully recognized without also experiencing

The short story ‘Those Who Walk Away From Omelas’ is somewhat similar to the Hunger Games. The author makes the short story very important, because it explains the bad things that always happening in Omelas and why people do not come back to the city. Many people have found their happiness sometime throughout their life just like the short story, but just like the story the happiness does not always be there for any person. Some people have died finding their happy place in this world, but could not find it in time to enjoy that piece of time they would have found the perfect happy place. The main person in the short story is the little kid that makes people disappear when they look at him and the other is the author whereas she has put herself

Any hope the child may have had was bound to be destroyed as they carried out in the predetermined mundane lives, all joy and innocence totally eradicated. Blake’s poetry, especially the aforementioned, told by either the narrator or Blake himself, tell seemingly personal stories of children, whose basic right to explore the wonders of the world, was snatched from them. They have the reoccurring theme, a corrupt society’s negative impact in the life of an idyllic childhood, and without a doubt, this was to be the bane of these childrens’

An important theme of the outsiders would be that life is not always fair and bad things happen to all kinds of people no matter how famous or rich you are, but no matter what happens you always have to move on and deal with it. In the book, The Outsiders by S.E Hinton, the Greasers have a lot of unfair things happen to them no matter how nice or respectful they act. Going through all the stuff the Greasers go through they have to mature more quickly and lose their innocence at a young age. For example, at the drive through when Cherry was taking to Ponyboy, she said, “No not innocent. You’ve seen too much to be innocent” (26).

For countless families, this violence instilled immense fear in their hearts. Fear took over the lives of many people, but I decided that this situation would not stop me from living a normal life. When people asked me why I was still living in such a deadly city, I would simply respond that I loved my hometown. The city was going through a tough period, but it was up to its people to keep the city alive. We had to work as a community to rebuild what had been lost through violence.