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Contemporary American society is so caught up in individual prosperity that when stripped of all the wealth, it's as empty and sick as the child's stomach that made it possible. I believe the child represents human selfishness, specifically when the detriments of people’s wrongdoings cannot be immediately felt or visualized. Le Guin depicts a dystopian society where citizens choose to live happily and peacefully at the cost of one child’s suffering. There is no reason for somebody to be victimized for …show more content… This message is conveyed by Ursula Le Guin in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by the child's awful life being ignored by the citizens. The short story The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. The child in the closet symbolizes injustice and inhumanity. Something must be victimized in order for Omelas and America to live in happiness. In the short story 'The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas', Ursula Le Guin uses the symbol of a child to symbolize injustice and the way the child is treated to represent selfishness. The Political system of American culture is seen in Omelas where the happiness of the majority rests on the misery of a powerless minority.
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Without this sense of atrositiy on the other side of the world, Americans would not feel content with having another culture beneath them. Third world countries are seen as unlivable conditions to contemporary American citizens. Narrated in the first person by an unnamed narrator the reader realises after reading the story that Le Guin may be exploring the theme of conflict. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Overview. Le Guin we have the theme of conflict, happiness, freedom, sacrifice, acceptance and control. This example from the text shows that in both America and Omelas, the poor and underprivileged are often exploited and overlooked by the rich. In The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. It is the existence of the child, and their knowledge of its existence,that makes possible the nobility of their architecture.They know that if the wretched one were not there snivelling in the dark, the other one, the flute-player, could make no joyful music as the young riders line up in their beauty for the race in the sunlight of the first morning of summer”(Le Guin 209). The child represents the poor and lower class in the United States, as well as Americas perception of third world countries. In the end, Guin states that many leave Omelas after seeing the child in misery.
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This state of utopia is kept by having one child be extremely miserable, not being able to let it feel any joy. Show More Register to read the introduction… In the text, Le Guin uses Omelas to represent Americas political morality. In The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, by Ursula Le Guin, she depicts a utopian city named Omelas during a summer festival.