I n the fictional story ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’, t he residents of the imaginary city of Omela. The people in Omela appear to have happy and full lives. According to the narrator, they are not simple folk, but they are happy. Although the narrator admits to not knowing everything there is to know about Omelas' laws and rules, they believe there are only a few. Basically, the Author describes a place that is perfect, maybe to perfect. After describing how wonderful everything is the narrator mentions one final detail: "in a basement under one of the ‘beautiful public buildings’ of the city, or perhaps in a cellar somewhere in a private house, there is a child of nearly ten years old, though they look around six years old, so malnourished and stunted are they." The child is confined to a single chamber, where they are forced to live in their own filth. The child is occasionally given just enough food to keep ...
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