The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas is not so much a story but a description of a town. Omelas is a beautiful town with citizens and nice buildings. There is a horse race to begin summer. There is a child locked in a dirty room who only gets a little food every day and is never talked to, the child has to just sit in its own feces and pick its nose all day. For some reason this is why everyone in the town is doing so well and if the child is let out then nobody in the town would be happy anymore.
This story is about one bad thing in the town that makes the rest of the town happy. In 1984 the societies bad thing that makes everybody happy in Winston’s eyes is Big Brother. This is the only connection to 1984 I can make because The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas made no sense to me.
This description of a town uses imagery to demonstrate the happiness of everyone and the pain of the child.
5 Questions-
1. What was the meaning of the piece?
2. How did the child’s pain help the town?
3. What’s the point in including the horse race?
4. Is the child’s pain a symbol for something else?
5. What’s up with the ones who walked away from Omelas?
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