Theme of the ones who walk away from omelas

When the children of Omelas can comprehend the wretched oneвЂ™s state of life, the situation is explained to them. In a nutshell, no one will ever feel pain, as long as the child remains in the basement. It turns out that the childвЂ™s lifestyle eliminates the anguish of everyone. It made me ask why the people of Omelas did not care. I got goose bumps when I read the paragraph describing how the child lived. He or she sits in excrement and dines on corn and grease. One child in the basement is locked up, deformed, alone, ignored, unheard. The society in Omelas remains in harmony at a price. In вЂњThe Giver,вЂќ the main character Jonas learns that there is emotional depth in the world out there while in Omelas, there are some people who walk away because they can no longer stand the suffering one child had to go through in order for the rest of society to be in utopia. I mentioned вЂњThe GiverвЂќ because like вЂњThe Ones Who Walk Away From OmelasвЂќ, there are characters in the story who find the lifestyle in their world superficial and shallow. When I was reading the first pages of the story, I felt like I was reading a fairy tale because everybody was blissfully happy.

Both Omelas and the utopian society in вЂњThe GiverвЂќ do not know pain, suffering or strife.

There is no war, no hate, no murders, no corruption. LaguinвЂ™s вЂњThe Ones Who Walk Away From OmelasвЂќ is similar to Lois LowryвЂ™s вЂњThe Giver.вЂќ Both are set in an ideal world.

Theme of the ones who walk away from omelas