Gentlemen, Your Verdict 'And The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas'
In the short story “Gentlemen, your Verdict” written by Michael Bruce, Commander Oram makes a decision to save five married men and the other members including himself to sacrifice for them. The question is why does he choose married men? And does he have the right to decide the members who survive? These are some of the questions that arise while reading the story. Similarly, “The Lady of the Tiger” written by Frank Stockton and “The Ones who walk away from Omelas” written by Ursula Le Guin make people ponder about questions that are related to morality. All these stories have making moral decision as their common theme and ask the readers an essential question that makes them reflect on the values they hold and decisions they will make. The
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Every human being is raised in different environment, interacts with different group of people, and face distinctive challenges and opportunities. These experiences play a major role in shaping people’s perspective and values. Therefore, people hold different opinions and are prone to make unique decisions that may be contrasting from you and even the story. In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” the Omela community is living a joyful life because of the sacrifice of the innocent boy. The people who are leaving the town feel guilty about their happiness and decide to protect the boy’s rights: “But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.” This clearly shows that the author advocates for the people who are leaving the town and are acknowledging their wrongdoings. The author values human rights and amendments more than her own individual happiness. However, for some people who rank happiness as their most important value, they will continue to ignore the existence of the boy and live in the town of Omelas. It is hard to blame the people who choose happiness, as it is their own values, but these polarizing viewpoints make the stories that contain moral decisions interesting. There is never a correct solution for
Every human being is raised in different environment, interacts with different group of people, and face distinctive challenges and opportunities. These experiences play a major role in shaping people’s perspective and values. Therefore, people hold different opinions and are prone to make unique decisions that may be contrasting from you and even the story. In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” the Omela community is living a joyful life because of the sacrifice of the innocent boy. The people who are leaving the town feel guilty about their happiness and decide to protect the boy’s rights: “But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.” This clearly shows that the author advocates for the people who are leaving the town and are acknowledging their wrongdoings. The author values human rights and amendments more than her own individual happiness. However, for some people who rank happiness as their most important value, they will continue to ignore the existence of the boy and live in the town of Omelas. It is hard to blame the people who choose happiness, as it is their own values, but these polarizing viewpoints make the stories that contain moral decisions interesting. There is never a correct solution for