Similarities Between The Omelas And Fahrenheit 451

“A populace never rebels from passion but from impatience of suffering,” Edmund Burke. NEED help with A BRIDGE. Fahrenheit 451 illustrates that rebellion is healthy because it causes a faulty society to break down and ultimately rebuild in a better way. The Omelas the author suggests that a society needs a sacrifice to stay healthy and rebellion doesn’t necessarily affect change.
The main similarity between The Omelas and Fahrenheit 451, is that people figure out that something is wrong with the society. People can come and go as they please so some people choose to leave and never come back. “These people go out… walk down the street alone. They keep walking, and walk straight out of the city… and they do no come back.” (Guin 6). In other words, These people leave the society because they can. They feel and know something is wrong with the way happiness is accomplished inside the city. People who walk are a rare event because they can be the destruction of the society if they stay and corrupt the area.

The child is forced into a small cell and is stuck in the cell for years. The majority sees the child as something that has to be a sacrifice in order for them to be happy. “They all know it has to be there. Some of them understand why, and some do not, but they all understand that their happiness, the beauty of their city… and the kindly weathers of their skies, depend on this child’s abominable misery.” (Guin 5). The Omelas' people only see things as that they are happy and the whole city is happy and that’s all that matters. The child is a mere sacrifice that they are willing to pay, and not a living, breathing, and damaged child. The people who see the child as a child, and not a sacrifice are free to leave the society without question. These people rebel against the idea of overlooking a child who is suffering and scared. They leave, but The Omelas don’t