The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

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Summary: Look inside
Review: I believe that the ones who walk away from omelas take a look inside themselves and discover that their happiness is not worth sacrificing another human life. The event of the Festival of Summer is about a celebration of life and yet they are sacrificing one life for the happiness of the town.

Rating:
Summary: Look inside
Review: I believe that the ones who walk away from omelas take a look inside themselves and discover that their happiness is not worth sacrificing another human life. The event of the Festival of Summer is about a celebration of life and yet they are sacrificing one life for the happiness of the town.

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Summary: Hard to follow
Review: I believe this book to have been to hard to follow for the most part. While this is true I did enjoy it and I grasped the idea that, in this instance, one individual person has to suffer for all others to experience eutopia.

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Summary: Profound
Review: This is a story that haunts you long after you've read it and after you think you've forgotten it. I think that it is a perfect parallel for The Giver. Rather than distribute normal life pains and anguish among a society, only one is chosen to suffer, allowing the remainder of society to experience utopia.

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Summary: A twisted, mildly entertaining story
Review: Whoa. What a weird story. It's hard to follow at some points but it's short enough for you to be able to read it a couple times in order to get it. It is a twisted, bacchanalian story filled with drugs, communal orgies, and iniquity. Exploitation is a major theme in this story and if you have to write an essay about exploitation in this story good luck because you'll probably run out of jucie in about 5 minutes. 6 if you're lucky. It is decent writing and conveys a meaningful message.