In the story “Those Who Walk Away From Omelas” that is written by Ursula Le Guin, the author opens the story by describing an ideal city, Omelas, full of happiness, joyfulness, and peacefulness. Omelas’ citizens are preparing to celebrate the upcoming summer festival. They have very good lives, almost free of troubles and problems that normal people usually have. The city seems to be free of rules and laws; people have no king controlling them, and they all seem to be equal. This is mentioned in the story declaring “But the was no king. They did not use swords, or keep slaves. They were not barbarians” (Le Guin, 1).
However, this way of living is found only in a fairy tale. In the story, there is a dark side, a bad living situation, and injustice. Those happy people’s lives and their joyous dancing steps were based on a suffering, lone, and innocent child. This child was locked in a room under the ground almost naked. People were not allowed to spend too much time with the child neither offer food. The author writes how the populace was divided in different categories. Majority choose to ignore the child and complete their lives as nothing happens, and the minority could not handle building their lives on others’ groom and decide to leave the city. Le Guin clearly talks about that in the story saying, “Sometimes also a man or woman much …show more content…
They decide to ruin the Syrians’ peaceful routine to achieve their needs; they build their plans by killing children’s future. It is true that the neighbor countries welcomed the Syrian refugees, however, they did not support them enough with the daily necessities of life. Wynn Flaten, a director of World Vision’s Syria Crisis Regional Response says, “More needs to be done to peacefully stop this conflict, and more support needs to be given to host countries and humanitarian actors. We’re going to be dealing with this one for years to come” (par.
However, this way of living is found only in a fairy tale. In the story, there is a dark side, a bad living situation, and injustice. Those happy people’s lives and their joyous dancing steps were based on a suffering, lone, and innocent child. This child was locked in a room under the ground almost naked. People were not allowed to spend too much time with the child neither offer food. The author writes how the populace was divided in different categories. Majority choose to ignore the child and complete their lives as nothing happens, and the minority could not handle building their lives on others’ groom and decide to leave the city. Le Guin clearly talks about that in the story saying, “Sometimes also a man or woman much …show more content…
They decide to ruin the Syrians’ peaceful routine to achieve their needs; they build their plans by killing children’s future. It is true that the neighbor countries welcomed the Syrian refugees, however, they did not support them enough with the daily necessities of life. Wynn Flaten, a director of World Vision’s Syria Crisis Regional Response says, “More needs to be done to peacefully stop this conflict, and more support needs to be given to host countries and humanitarian actors. We’re going to be dealing with this one for years to come” (par.