The story and its description can be perceived as a critique of our own society, because it reflects the erroneous and unjust actions witnessed in our cities, colonies and countries.
The tale illustrates a group of people enslaved, like the child, by these terms that must be followed to keep the “wonderful” city. Why? If they choose to help him or her that is in bad conditions, the entire town would lose its “prosperity and delight”. Le Guin, it presents a society in which a city called Omelas’ happiness is possible by having one child live in darkness, “fear, malnutrition, and neglect.” In the city everyone knows the unfair life that this child has, even so, they do nothing about the situation. In the case of the story “ The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula K. All of those pairs are present every new day that comes in the world we live in and almost always they are together. In our society we can observe wealth and poverty, happiness and sadness, truths and lies, love and hate. Do you find in the story any implied criticism of our own society?
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