![]() This malnutrition attributes to why the child appears to be six-years-old. And the people only give the child “a half-bowl of corn meal and grease” (Le Guin, 1973, 3) which is insufficient for the child to maintain good health. The child is locked in the dark, dirt-floored basement cellar where he it is covered “in its own excrement continually” (Le Guin, 1973, 3). The child’s physical neglect occurs in their it’s living conditions and nutrition. This discrimination towards the child occurs through its treatment regarding physical and emotional neglect, and abuse. This makes their utopia is a tentative utopia (Thompson, 2015), which is highlighted in the line “happiness is based on just discrimination” (Le Guin, 1973, 2). Another key attribute of the Omelas society is the brutal treatment of the child.The Omelas state as a “city of happiness” (Le Guin, 1973, 4) relies on their treatment of the child living in a dystopia. This shows respect by giving everyone their own time and not interrupting them. Before the race starts, the trumpets sound and the trumpet players wait until the young boy who is playing the flute is done they know he is done when “he lowers his hands holding the flute” (Le Guin, 1973, 3), signalling that he is done (Le Guin, 1973). ![]() The people of Omelas also have respect for each other, which is seen at the festival’s horserace. The lack of military suggests that the city’s people operate peacefully through the use of diplomacy instead of war. Two of these descriptions are the lack of bombs and swords which suggest that they do not have a military. “The ones who walk away from Omelas” makes a statement about scapegoating in society through the relationship between the groups, mainly the child and those living in Omelas.“The ones who walk away from Omelas” describes the life of the people of Omelas in general and during the “Festival of Summer” (Le Guin, 1973, 1). like they live in a small basement cellar, covered in their feces. This differs from how the dystopian child’s life looks. ![]() In the Omelas society, everyone lives in “spacious private homes” (Le Guin, 1973, 3). ![]() The ones who walk away from Omelas however leave the utopia of Omelas because after seeing the child and being told the reason for the child’s treatment they feel guilty, which is the opposite of happiness (Le Guin, 1973). The society of the Omelas in “The ones who walk away from Omelas” is dominantly a utopia, with the exception of the one child whose life is a dystopia. ![]()
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