In this short story, Ursula Le Guin describes the Utopian society of Omelas during the festival of the first day of summer. The city is described with beauty and happiness; for the festival the entire community joins together in parades through the city, children prepare their horses for a festival race. In Omelas, the people seem have precisely what they require, and have detached from destructive forms of life. In terms of law enforcement, Le Guin leaves this unclear stating only that there is no military within the city, and that it’s not governed by a king. There are no slaves and the laws that govern the city are not outlined, the people are free from the tyranny of religious leaders. This is, however, just a picture of life above ground in …show more content…
They choose and stay for many reasons maybe they choose to be selfish for a positive outcome. We are humans and sometimes dominated by our flesh, we in our society make sacrifices in order to obtain what we most desire but I can say that in America’s society child abuse is unacceptable. Are some of us living in Omelas individually? There have been many cases where children are abused by one of their parents, adoptive or paternal, their step parents and because of “love” the good parent might accept it. People look into many features when creating a family sometimes leaving love at the end, am I going to be financially secure, will my children have quality education, or privilege’s that I alone cannot afford. Someone in our society might oversee abuse and accept it because they are receiving things in return that they need. This I what the people in Omelas who decide to stay are probably