Imagine your child is lock inside the windowless room in a basement without malnourished, festering sores, friends and freedom. Well, locking up a child in the room is abuse. We have overheard it a thousand times, “treat others the way you want to be treated” but in “The one who walks away from omelas” Child is untreated as a human being. The several reasons that the author is trying to portray a message to an audience are community ideals, utilitarianism, and religious interpretation.
To begin with, I will discuss the background of the omelas society. Omelas describe as an idyllic community. Granting to the book “In the silence of the broad green meadows one could hear the music winding through the city streets, farther and nearer and ever approaching, a cheerful faint sweetness of the air that occasionally trembled and gathered together and broke out in the great joyous clanging of the bells” (551). This quotation symbolizes the imagination of the omelas …show more content…
I disagree with the author's point of view because If a boy was born in the village, they should treat him as a second-class citizen. In this story, the writer embodies a society which follows resulting ethics where Most the people believe the treatment of the infant is fair and ethical. Besides, only a child is injuriously affected while the majority gains the greatest share of happiness. A child suffers and goes through the pain. Instead, of going to school, playing with friends, he lives in the bleak and gloomy place for other happiness. Therefore, the utilitarianism applied in the omelas town. Also, the child is more isolated from the environment and the freedom. As reported by Guin “but there are no kings. They did not use swords or keep slaves”(551). Evidently, the quotation reflects itself that the child’s freedom is taken from it, just like slavery. The child represents slavery because he is restrained and a servant to all the citizens of
To begin with, I will discuss the background of the omelas society. Omelas describe as an idyllic community. Granting to the book “In the silence of the broad green meadows one could hear the music winding through the city streets, farther and nearer and ever approaching, a cheerful faint sweetness of the air that occasionally trembled and gathered together and broke out in the great joyous clanging of the bells” (551). This quotation symbolizes the imagination of the omelas …show more content…
I disagree with the author's point of view because If a boy was born in the village, they should treat him as a second-class citizen. In this story, the writer embodies a society which follows resulting ethics where Most the people believe the treatment of the infant is fair and ethical. Besides, only a child is injuriously affected while the majority gains the greatest share of happiness. A child suffers and goes through the pain. Instead, of going to school, playing with friends, he lives in the bleak and gloomy place for other happiness. Therefore, the utilitarianism applied in the omelas town. Also, the child is more isolated from the environment and the freedom. As reported by Guin “but there are no kings. They did not use swords or keep slaves”(551). Evidently, the quotation reflects itself that the child’s freedom is taken from it, just like slavery. The child represents slavery because he is restrained and a servant to all the citizens of