Response Paper #2
Many supportive symbols in the text imply to an injustice and unfair power structure. A naked young kid jailed in the basement with no window and a locked door symbolizes its access to the outside world, its freedom and its fundamental human rights are restricted. Its loneliness can recognize from its constant movements with its own genitals which are like masturbation that shows its communication to self and engagement with its own world. This young kid is despair every day of facing mops that are similar to the people who have direct control of it and prohibited it from experiencing as a living human. Its revolt is useless because people fear that it would destroy their happiness, therefore, they sacrifice it to maintain their peaceful lives. …show more content…
These colors reveal the strong power people have on an innocent life whose manipulation has invaded deeply into the spirit of that young kid. The repetition of saying Omelas people are not as simple as we think tells us that they are unique. There were many kids imprisoned in the basement over years and that has become a norm in the culture of Omelas. The text mentions that “This is usually explained to children when they are between eight and twelve, whenever they seem capable of understanding” (Le Guin 3). This shows in every decade, kids would be allocated to the basement and treated cruelly by people to maintain their harmony. People govern kids’ lives to achieve their own happiness and fulfill selfishness. The impact of this power structure to people in Omelas is divergent. Some people think it is worth the sacrifice of keeping the norm to provide joy. However, some others as described in the title choose to
Many supportive symbols in the text imply to an injustice and unfair power structure. A naked young kid jailed in the basement with no window and a locked door symbolizes its access to the outside world, its freedom and its fundamental human rights are restricted. Its loneliness can recognize from its constant movements with its own genitals which are like masturbation that shows its communication to self and engagement with its own world. This young kid is despair every day of facing mops that are similar to the people who have direct control of it and prohibited it from experiencing as a living human. Its revolt is useless because people fear that it would destroy their happiness, therefore, they sacrifice it to maintain their peaceful lives. …show more content…
These colors reveal the strong power people have on an innocent life whose manipulation has invaded deeply into the spirit of that young kid. The repetition of saying Omelas people are not as simple as we think tells us that they are unique. There were many kids imprisoned in the basement over years and that has become a norm in the culture of Omelas. The text mentions that “This is usually explained to children when they are between eight and twelve, whenever they seem capable of understanding” (Le Guin 3). This shows in every decade, kids would be allocated to the basement and treated cruelly by people to maintain their harmony. People govern kids’ lives to achieve their own happiness and fulfill selfishness. The impact of this power structure to people in Omelas is divergent. Some people think it is worth the sacrifice of keeping the norm to provide joy. However, some others as described in the title choose to