False Utopia: Omelas is a beautiful city where everyone is happy except for one child whose suffering is somehow linked to Omelas' prosperity.Notably, this helps prove that Omelas is not "goody-goody". Free-Love Future: The narrator suggests that, if the reader thinks this would be ideal, then Omelas has this kind of society.Fate Worse than Death: Being chosen to be the one child on whose suffering the city is founded.The title refers to the people who believe their "utopia" isn't worth it and abandon it for parts unknown.Īnd everyone in Omelas is made aware of this at some point. Go Mad from the Isolation: The suffering child has become feeble-minded from being locked away in the dark for so long.Īlong with the drooz, this shows that Omelas's happiness is not accomplished by restricting pleasant vices.
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