Le Guin's 'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas'
Toby Weissman
Ms. Chandhok
English 9
October 9, 2017
Omelas Paragraph
In Le Guin’s short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, the suffering of the child is accepted because of the lack of guilt in the society. In Le Guin’s hypothetical town of Omelas the citizens “are happy people” (33). They have festivals, procession, and music. The citizens feel no sadness, no regret, no guilt. As the story is in the first-person perspective of a visitor of the town, the visitor comment that “one thing [they] know there is none of in Omelas is guilt” (33). The citizens have no guilt. They don’t hide the reason for their wonderful lives, they accept it. It has been a truth that their parents and grandparents have accepted and understood. The importance
Ms. Chandhok
English 9
October 9, 2017
Omelas Paragraph
In Le Guin’s short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, the suffering of the child is accepted because of the lack of guilt in the society. In Le Guin’s hypothetical town of Omelas the citizens “are happy people” (33). They have festivals, procession, and music. The citizens feel no sadness, no regret, no guilt. As the story is in the first-person perspective of a visitor of the town, the visitor comment that “one thing [they] know there is none of in Omelas is guilt” (33). The citizens have no guilt. They don’t hide the reason for their wonderful lives, they accept it. It has been a truth that their parents and grandparents have accepted and understood. The importance