Yes, I think that the Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas should be a required story for the students in 8th grade. I believe this for multiple reasons. One is that it brings more of an understanding that a utopia can not be real. Another reason I believe that it should be required is because I personally think that it makes you think a little deeper into something that has a theme that can go into a lot of different things, such as in your general day to day lives. Lastly, I think it should be a required reading for the 8th grade because it honestly makes you think a lot deeper than you usually would.
I believe that it should be required because it brings more of an understanding to what a utopia is. I think that more people should realize that it is impossible to have a perfect utopia. In the story omelas seems as if it is a very happy, festive, fun, and amazing place, it's perfect. At first glance, it looks like a perfect utopia. At least that is how it seems if you look deeper if you take another look at omelas you will notice that there is a kid a young 10 year old kid sitting in a closet, …show more content…
The theme that I think of the story is that nothing is perfect. I think that this can go into many different things in our daily lives. Whether it is a person or an assignment, or possibly even a utopian/town. I feel like reading this story could definitely change the way people look at other people or anything in general. In my personal opinion, a lot of people look at others and they think they have a perfect life. They want to be like them, but in this story, it shows that no matter how perfect something seems there’s almost always a fault. I thought of the message in this way because I think that a lot of people strive to be like others because they want the life like that the other person has because their fault might not be as
I believe that it should be required because it brings more of an understanding to what a utopia is. I think that more people should realize that it is impossible to have a perfect utopia. In the story omelas seems as if it is a very happy, festive, fun, and amazing place, it's perfect. At first glance, it looks like a perfect utopia. At least that is how it seems if you look deeper if you take another look at omelas you will notice that there is a kid a young 10 year old kid sitting in a closet, …show more content…
The theme that I think of the story is that nothing is perfect. I think that this can go into many different things in our daily lives. Whether it is a person or an assignment, or possibly even a utopian/town. I feel like reading this story could definitely change the way people look at other people or anything in general. In my personal opinion, a lot of people look at others and they think they have a perfect life. They want to be like them, but in this story, it shows that no matter how perfect something seems there’s almost always a fault. I thought of the message in this way because I think that a lot of people strive to be like others because they want the life like that the other person has because their fault might not be as