The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Stine Wang https://padlet.com/stinewangs/ytkq9qg2avr1 Write the answer to your assigned question en-us 2019-09-03 06:20:59 UTC 2025-12-05 23:00:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.pics/1/image.webp?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f3d9.png Narration https://padlet.com/stinewangs/ytkq9qg2avr1/wish/380292439
  • Narrator
    • First-person narrator - through the whole story. A omniscient narrator. 

    • How is the story told?
    In the beginning it seems as though the narrator knows a lot about Omelas, however the further you read, the more it shows, that the narrator is unsure → that he or she is uncertain of how the details in city. Page 1, “I do not know the rules and laws of their society, but I suspect…” Maybe Omelas is the narrator's imagination, and that's why he or she knows so much about it? 

    The narrator speaks directly to the reader. 


    • What is the effect?
    That the narrator speaks directly to the read, makes the reader a part of the story, but also kinda unrealistic. 

    It enhances the difference between the description of the city and the description of the basement. 

    • Is there a change in narration?
    When the narrator describes the society he or she is unsure - however when the narrator describes the child and the basement, he or she is completely sure, nothing is left to the imagination. This makes the city appear more dreamlike and imaginary, but the child appears more real and factual. 


    ]]>     2019-09-05 08:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/stinewangs/ytkq9qg2avr1/wish/380292439     Setting https://padlet.com/stinewangs/ytkq9qg2avr1/wish/380292807 The city
    • Descriptive about the society and the people.
    • The society is perfect. The city is described as the happiest place you could be.
    • The people are described as always being happy and having no worries, they have no suffering. 
    • The author fears he has made the city sound like a fairytale
    • Colorful houses

    The basement
    • No windows
    • The floor is dirty
    • Very small 
    • Locked door - only a small amount of light
    • Lonely - few people visit (isolated)

      How are they described?
    • The basement - a contrast between the city (very positive) and the basement (very negative)
    • The basement is described very honestly and very negatively (almost like a dystopia/anti-utopia)
    • They are almost perfect contrasts (in the city there is sunshine, singing, dancing, laughing) whereas only negative things exist in the basement (no windows, cobweb, the floor is dirty)
    • A contrast between the people in the city and the child

    Are they similar or different?
    The two settings are completely different. The first we are introduced to the city, is a place of joy and prosperity. The citizens can do as they wish and are without any real problems. The basement on the other hand is a place of despair, a stark contrast to the world above it. They are in fact so different that they sound like two different worlds.



    ]]>     2019-09-05 08:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/stinewangs/ytkq9qg2avr1/wish/380292807     https://padlet.com/stinewangs/ytkq9qg2avr1/wish/380293230 Themes
    • Society vs individualism - The people struggle with their identity, and the fact that they don’t want to be a part of a city, who lockes a boy up. 
    • Utilitarianism - One must suffer for the greater good, in this instance the child suffers so the rest of the society can live in joy. 
    Is there a message?
    • Making a debate about real world problems for instance, we live in joy while other children suffer to make cloth or food for us.
    • Maybe about the metaphorical “child in the basement” we people have, and that we should think more about how we treat some people in order to have a good life ourselves. 
    What is the point of writing such a story?
    • Making a debate about real world problems for instance, we live in joy while other children suffer to make cloth or food for us.
    • The point of writing the story is to make it clear, that humans are willing to sacrifice one human being for the benefit of the rest. 
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