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 holding a child captive for the good of the community. People come to see the child with their own eyes as it suffers, and because of the horrid event of coming face to face with the child their Utopia exists. This sto…