People with no status in modern society are the unknown people, reflecting the child whom people of Omelas abused, whom we were not told its gender or age (Le Guin 3). Additionally, in modern society, people are classified, and others reside based on their social status. The poor people in the story reflect the abused child while the people of Omelas act as the exploiters. Moreover, some people gain from the poor by attaining cheap labor because the poor need anything to survive. We know of people who gain from the wars in the middle east and the hunger in some continents. In a contemporary capitalistic society, there are those people who gain from the suffering of others. That reflects the modern society where most of us live. The story explicitly states that the happiness and prosperity of the people of the City of Omelas remained present as long as the child suffered (Le Guin 3). Ursula brings about this theme by elucidating how the people of Omelas gained their happiness from abusing a child whose gender and age remained unknown (Le Guin 3). The story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” exhibits the theme of immorality and injustice. “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” depicts what happens in society through themes in the story and by challenging readers to think about unanswered questions in the story critically.
In his story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,” he technically uses his ability to relate the story with modern society. Le Guin is among those who use their ability to write stories relevant and useful to society. All those sub-genres play an essential role in our society in different ways. There are many sub-genres of literature, including poetry, short stories, novels, and memoirs, among others. Among the many genres present in art is literature, which uses words to encode different messages useful in educating, entertaining, and informing people. In the contemporary world, all that remains is categorized as art. Since humans discovered writing and pictorials, many things have developed from there. The author offers to us, as readers, a contradiction that says: “… she did it without… the slavery”, but it does not reach the conclusion that the child is a servant of Omelas like a slave to his owner.Literary Analysis: “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” This poor child symbolizes slavery in every way, because it does not have any liberty, it is a servant to all citizens of utopia so they could have a happy life. However, this poor child’s freedom is taken from it, just as slavery. There are no slaves in Utopia, as the author describes. “They know that they, like the child, are not free” the author writes, enlightening the reader that although the citizens live what it seems “free”, within their feelings and thoughts, they are not free. But what we see in our world or in this story, is that nobody is truly free.
As human beings, we have always fought for freedom, it is encrypted in our D.N.A. The author describes that Omelas does not have any type of ruling system, no king or president, political system, technology or many things that engulf our society nowadays. The thesis statement reflects problems that our society has been suffering since the beginning, such as military sacrifice, slavery, and injustice among us. With the means to embrace this horrible dilemma: The happiness of all, but with a cost, the extreme unhappiness of one. As a reader, you are challenged to visualize and create your own perfect place in the world, your own Utopia. However, there is a dark and twisted secret, a child that sacrifices its life to provide prosperity, equality and happiness between the habitants of this city called Utopia. It is all about a society, that has a perfect image of itself and its people. In this amazing short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, by Ursula Le Guin.