https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4 Made with mirth en-us 2017-03-03 14:30:23 UTC 2017-03-06 16:02:16 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157619075 LeGuin uses mood throughout "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas", she says "In the silence of the broad green meadows on could hear the music winding through the city streets." This sets the mood to calming and joyful. The people don't have any worries. Imagery is used a lot, "...stand near a rusty bucket. The floor is dirt, a little damp to the touch, as a cellar dirt usually is." By describing a gruesome place, the author is able to grab our attention emotionally. LeGuin evokes pathos through imagery by describing where the child is held so the other can have their happiness. ]]> 2017-03-03 14:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157619075 https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157619202 LeGuin applies imagery in her writing to strike the pathos of the reader through the not-so utopian society of Omelas. Various quotes from the story gives insight to what the people of Omelas have the privilege to experience. "... snow still crowning the Eighteen Peaks burning with white-gold fire across the miles of sunlit air..." This exhibits the raw beauty of this paradise that not only the people of Omelas want, but it also targets at what the reader may consider paradise as well. LeGuin uses this kind of language to engage the reader through her writing as well as to pluck the heart-strings of the reader. Another quote showcases the opposite side of the imagery spectrum and impliments the darker side of this utopian society. "... they all understand their happiness, the beauty of the city,... the health of their children,... depend wholly on this child's abominable misery." This quote shows that LeGuin wants to really draw the reader in by explaining the underlying theme in crucial detail so that no reader can simply glance over this pivotal element.]]> 2017-03-03 14:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157619202 mrbullock99 https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157619304 First, contrasting ideas are used to describe the irony of the story. As each individual lives in a fairy tale world where everything is perfect, a child is kept in a cellar, decaying at a slow and painful rate, where only misery is present to him. The author states, "Some of them understand why, and some do not, but they all understand that their happiness, the beauty of their city, the tenderness of their friendships.. depend wholly on this child's abominable misery." This contrasts the idea that one can never have a perfect society. The irony of this child having to suffer for the greater good is truly heart-breaking. An imperfect society where everyone has an equal opportunity is better than denying one person their freedom and life for everyone else's. Also, Le Guin describes, "At times one of the adolescent girls or boys who go to see the child does not go home to weep or rage, does not, in fact, go home at all." This helps explain to the reader that not everyone believes in doing this. The ones who think that this is wrong walk away, while the ones who believe it is necessary stay in Omelas. The contrast allows for a more fluent and developed writing to take place. ]]> 2017-03-03 14:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157619304 https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157619573 Le Guin uses the sense of illusion as a way to portray the citizens false utopia. she uses quotes like" omelas soon as in  my words like a city in  a fairy tale..." and "as you like it" when describing omelas. These quotes give out the idea of pure happiness within omelas's wall." I do not know the rules and laws of their society, but I suspect that they were singularly few. Whatever it is that you seek within omelas is what you get. However, the author later on goes to describe how all of these things are just an illusion, including there happiness. How the life of one child may be locked away, without the ability to receive any tokens or words of kindness, is all it takes to live in bliss. With this thought pounding in on their minds every day, the weight of this child's life winds down the results of this trade, leaving them with only fake, archaic happiness plastered on their face.      ]]> 2017-03-03 14:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157619573 tidickerson https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157619703  Le Guin uses imagery to show the morally wrong paradox within the city. A way that imagery is used is by the child locked in the basement. "It looks about six, but actually nearly ten. It is feeble-minded." This really gives the reader a sense of disgust about the child being down there. It shows how morally wrong this is to us. Another thing about false happiness is this use of drugs they have. The story states "I thought at first there were no drugs, but that is puritanical. For those who like it, this faint insistent sweetness of drooz may perfume the ways of the city..." It may be that these people are using this drug to get away from this paradox of child locked in the basement. With false happiness it seems to be that they live off of the  suffering of the child for the benefit of hundreds. It's purely sickening. ]]> 2017-03-03 14:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157619703 https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157623552 Le Guin uses contrasting ideas of happiness and despair. Using these powerful emotions, Le Guin makes the reader question whether or not happiness is worth having in Omelas. "The terms are absolute; there may not be even a kind word spoken to the child." This quote makes the reader contemplate not only if happiness is worth having, but also their own morals. Le Guin also uses pathos to create feelings of anger, sadness, and guilt. "Often the young people go home in tears, or in a tearless rage, when they have seen the child and faced this terrible paradox." These are the same emotional responses created in the reader. The paradox of Omelas's prosperity is an emotional whirlpool. At first, the reader may feel sadness or anger for the child. Then, after a bit of contemplation, they might feel guilty, or feel as though they can't do anything, and therefore they should have no part of it. That is why there are some who walk away from Omelas.]]> 2017-03-03 14:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mgabridge/omelas4/wish/157623552