The ones who walk away from Omelas

            This short story is a very weird and abnormal story that I have ever seen before and it is completely contradictory to its real intentions. It makes no sense into letting people drink and do drugs and to not have a military to this so called utopia which by the way does not exist in this world. How can you value life as a whole and not value yourself being? That way nobody is safe and nobody is free from addiction for a society that is described as self-control. How this is a perfect society is beyond me without a government and just only religion for government and religion is like the Chinese Yin Yang symbol; even though they are completely different, both need to coexist regardless of all differences. The main thing that caught my eye is the part about the child who is alone at a house. In the text it says that the Omelas let this child suffer and die for the better of the entire community. This is a perfect example of the phrase “kill one, save a thousand”, which in any sense makes no sense and here is why. No one should be killed or suffered for the better of the community no matter how the consequences may turn out. The Omelas don’t call themselves barbaric while they are creating an inhumane act by letting the child die. This is a great parallel to the society in America today about abortion and how it is bad. While we call ourselves a “civilized” nation, we commit barbaric acts by killing unborn lives and babies who have the right to live. As Horton from Horton Hears a Who says, “A person is a person, no matter how big or small.” How can you love and nurture your child knowing that there is one who is in dire need for love and compassion? How can you celebrate life while knowing that there is someone who might not have one for that long? How can they live in a society that is thought to be so peaceful and happy while in reality it is just a mask covering the real face of the truth and horror that is depriving a child from a normal life? Which brings back to the notion of calling this place a utopia; there is no such thing as a utopia for it is impossible for such a perfect society to live in, well at least in this world. But there is a place where people are joyous, but it cannot be found in this world for it lives in another. That place is where we belong, not on this earth. We were meant to go to another world instead of the one we are living in. That is what the people who walk away from the Omela are doing. They want to find a place where they all can live in harmony where everyone is equal and no one has to suffer no longer.