Discussion broad "The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas

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The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas
If you lived in Omelas, would you walk away, stay, or is there a third alternative?
I would neither walk away or stay. I would seek to fight the system and try to change it. There should be no city or society in the world that grows at the expense of some people. Every person in the world and in Omelas deserves the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful city. The right to life should not be compromised regardless or in spite of anything a society desires to achieve. Every child needs to be protected. They need to be allowed to dream and to pursue their dreams no matter how absurd. Children should be allowed to live, laugh, cry, make friends, and love. Saying that the child is “too degraded and imbecile to know any real joy” is wrong (LeGuin, 6). The c...