Summary Of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

The stories of post-apocalyptic, apocalyptic, and dystopian stories is an eye opening genre that forces each of us to choose our morals. Through the examination of two different texts through their community versus individual approach, values must be picked between the idea of the community over the individual or the individual over the community. The first story sums up an entire world that is in a state of calamity. This world must now break off in society and every family takes control of the situation individually. In the second story, a perfect society keep something locked in a small-dark room. There is no hope for the thing to be let out. Thus begins a long tormented thought process for those who see it. In the story “The Age of Miracles” by Karen Thompson Walker, there is a shift in the earth’s movement and every family goes into a state of disaster. Some leave their homes and clog the highways, others believe that the earth slowing down is a type of hoax and the rest prepare by stocking their homes with water bottles and canned goods for when there will be a food shortage. Shortly after the morning announcement of the earth’s slowing, people wander outside to inspect the landscape. They stare at the sky, listen to the wind and regard the
Le Guin, a young child of either gender and lethargic features is continually abused by its own community. The whole community’s perfect joy, fortune and health rely on the torment of a 10-year-old child. Outside of the child’s habitation the Festival of summer is occurring. Mothers are carrying their young children in the streets and talking happily together about various topics. A boy is perched playing his flute and ignoring all those who pass him, because he is entranced by his own musical abilities. Children covered in mud are riding horses in a race. All seems well in Omelas. Although a young child is being oppressed by that same happy