The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas | Themes and Characters
As mentioned earlier, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" is the story of a Utopian society whose survival depends on the "abominable misery" of a child who is locked in a small room and mistreated. Although all of the citizens of Omelas are aware of the child's situation, most of them accept that their happiness is dependent on the child's deprivation. Some people, however, after visiting the child and seeing the deplorable conditions under which it lives, leave Omelas forever.
One of the major themes in the story is morality. Le Guin once wrote in a preface to the story that...
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