Short Story 'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas'
Argument: I WOULD/WOULD NOT walk away from Omelas.
Introduction:
After reading the short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, by author Ursula Le Guin, I would not walk away from Omelas.
Example 1:
The “ones who walk away from Omelas” (Le Guin 7) are ones who cannot bear to face the guilt of scapegoating, which is the sole reason behind Omelas’s prosperity. The inhabitants’ happiness comes at the expense of one child’s sanity, whom all citizens are aware of, yet cannot do anything about. “They all know it is there, all the peoples of Omelas. Some of them have come to see it, others are content merely to know it is there.” (Le Guin 5). Leaving may seem heroic, but the people are not making any changes to the injustice. Conversely, …show more content…
Citizens today can live in their luxuries, though consequently, children around the planet endure pain due to them. The story “states,” The terms are strict and absolute; there may not even be a kind word spoken to the child.” (Le Guin 6). This statement represents the case of many of our world’s slums, factories, and other child labouring industries. The ‘Ones Who Walk Away’ leave the city with ‘valiant’ intentions, but, like many people today, are not acting to alleviate the situation.
Example 3:
The means at which Omelas merriment comes with is absolutely unjust, but that is implied as ‘for the better’. When the citizens find out about the imperfection in their perfect world, some of them take accounts into their own hands. “At times one of the adolescent girls or boys who go to see the child does not go home to weep or rage, does not, in fact, go home at all. Sometimes, also a man or woman much older falls silent for a day or two, and then leaves home.” (Le Guin 7). The trouble with this is, that once they leave, the child’s suffering will have been for null. Moreover, ‘it’ suffers in order to keep the people content, but once they have left, all the pain ‘it’ went through becomes pointless.
Conclusion:
The child’s suffering in The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas is cruel and unjust, but for it’s sake, I would choose to stay in
Introduction:
After reading the short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, by author Ursula Le Guin, I would not walk away from Omelas.
Example 1:
The “ones who walk away from Omelas” (Le Guin 7) are ones who cannot bear to face the guilt of scapegoating, which is the sole reason behind Omelas’s prosperity. The inhabitants’ happiness comes at the expense of one child’s sanity, whom all citizens are aware of, yet cannot do anything about. “They all know it is there, all the peoples of Omelas. Some of them have come to see it, others are content merely to know it is there.” (Le Guin 5). Leaving may seem heroic, but the people are not making any changes to the injustice. Conversely, …show more content…
Citizens today can live in their luxuries, though consequently, children around the planet endure pain due to them. The story “states,” The terms are strict and absolute; there may not even be a kind word spoken to the child.” (Le Guin 6). This statement represents the case of many of our world’s slums, factories, and other child labouring industries. The ‘Ones Who Walk Away’ leave the city with ‘valiant’ intentions, but, like many people today, are not acting to alleviate the situation.
Example 3:
The means at which Omelas merriment comes with is absolutely unjust, but that is implied as ‘for the better’. When the citizens find out about the imperfection in their perfect world, some of them take accounts into their own hands. “At times one of the adolescent girls or boys who go to see the child does not go home to weep or rage, does not, in fact, go home at all. Sometimes, also a man or woman much older falls silent for a day or two, and then leaves home.” (Le Guin 7). The trouble with this is, that once they leave, the child’s suffering will have been for null. Moreover, ‘it’ suffers in order to keep the people content, but once they have left, all the pain ‘it’ went through becomes pointless.
Conclusion:
The child’s suffering in The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas is cruel and unjust, but for it’s sake, I would choose to stay in