We are Invited to imagine Omelas by the narrator’s decision to leave us guessing or under assumption after his/her description of the festivals that is celebrated every summer within Omelas. It’s described in such colorful kind of way. “With a clamor of bells that set the swallows soaring, the Festival of Summer came to the city Omelas, bright-towered by the sea. The ringing of the boats in harbor sparkled with flags. In the streets between houses with red roofs and painted walls, between old moss-grown gardens and under avenues of trees, past great parks and public buildings, processions moved.”. Judging from the words used here, I initially look at Omelas as something special. The narrator reasons for its audience to help co-create Omelas was to make us have a more personal stake regarding its outcome.
The citizen must be aware of the Child imprisonment and suffering in order for them to understand that they have what they because of the child it also teaches them to be more thankful and appreciative towards each other and life itself.
I liked how you included direct descriptions from the text!
Le Guin takes the reader’s imagination one step forward.
As the audience movies let us hear, and see moving action; comics let us see still drawings and read descriptions, and make us imagine their interactions; books let us read their imagery and feelings, and make us see it all happening; in “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” Le Guin takes a further step, making us not only imagine the town but decide what is happening in the story. Le Guin essentially makes us design a utopia with her, in order to experience this piece.
In a lot of stories, the reader’s imagination is oriented with details, but in this piece, Le Guin chooses to leave the details to us.
I agree with all o do your points and I like a lot of the language that you used.
This post comes across as rushed. Make sure to back up your claims and fill in gaps. Some more explanation would help a lot.