Away From Omelas

1 "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" 2 is a short story written by Ursula K. Le Guin in 1973. The story is told by a narrator who begins by telling of an incredible city preparing for their summer festival. The narrator describes the city in great detail as well as the many of the people who live there. The narrator talks about how everyone in Omelas is happy and that they have no guilt. Then the narrator begins to describe a small broom closet in the basement of one of the buildings in town. She tells of a young child that is living in the room and how this child, although ten, is very small and thin. The narrator states that this child is only fed once a day and has to live in its excrement. She goes on to say that people in the town, mostly