Omelas: The Story of Childhood An Essay Based on the Short Story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. LeGuin

Bad experiences are what make people grow and mature from their former selves. Once someone sees that life is not the fairytale that it is made out to be, he is able to make sense of the reality around him. In the story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, by Ursula K. LeGuin, the city of Omelas is a Utopia that is not as perfect as it seems from the outside. The city is …

…up child is a symbol for the part of life when one matures for the first time. The ones who stay are people who drag behind, still clutching onto their youths, and the ones who leave are people who are maturing more and more daily and are taking on the full responsibilities of life. However, the existence of this suffering child would bring one to question whether or not Omelas is a Utopia after all.