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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

by Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

The description of the child playing the flute is odd because he sits alone at the edge of the crowd and never stops playing or notices the listeners. This continuous playing of a woodwind...

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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

LeGuin uses symbolism in "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" to explore William James's pragmatism, questioning the moral consequences of societal happiness dependent on suffering. The idyllic city...

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