This premise seems promising at the beginning because we are given the liberty to fulfill our desires, but the startling revelation about the child prisoner whose misery is the key to this city’s happiness and prosperity bursts our bubble of imagination.
At the beginning, the readers are invited by the narrator to imagine this city according to their ideals. The story is not character driven, but rather, it is filled with descriptions of the city and the narrator’s dialogue with the readers. The story takes place in the City of Omelas, which is a very beautiful city right next to the sea, and it follows the citizens of Omelas who are preparing and celebrating the start of the Festival of Summer. Personally, this tale is a very meaningful experience because it touches upon many important aspects of humanity. “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” is a short story written by Ursula Kroeber Le Guin, and it is a special story worthy of attention due to its underlying complexity despite it being a very simple story on the surface.
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