“The Ones Who Got Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin, can be taken in many different ways. The utopian city of Omelas is a place everyone wishes they live. The town is lively, colorful and full of people, but the town has a hidden secret. Under the amazing city is a child, around the age ten, that lives in its own filth in a dark cellar. The townspeople keep the child hidden because they believe it keeps the city’s balance. Many people question why they haven’t tried to take the child out, but the townspeople say they can’t. The story is controversial because of the way the citizens act towards the situation. In the story the child is being used as a sacrifice for the utopia, yet a child’s life is not equal to an entire city of people.
