![]() ![]() It is part of my ethnobotanical research on the transduction of sentient signals into human languages. This text reflects my first impressions after visiting Omelas. By leaving, they expressed their disagreement with the unfair conditions of the child. They thought they could not live feeling guilty, angry, and impotent. Staying in Omelas meant to live knowing that a child was sacrificed for their good life. The ones that left the prosperous city could do nothing but refuse their lack of freedom. ![]() Omelas’s terms were that if the child leaves the cellar, the joy and fortune of its citizens will end. Those who walked away from Omelas were the few who rejected the unfair living situation of the child. It tells the story of the city of Omelas and how its happiness relied on the inhumane conditions in which a child lived locked in a cellar. Le Guin wrote the short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, a parable on injustice and responsibility. ![]()
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