The One Who Walk Away From Omelas

     My dominant feeling or impression that i received from reading Ursula LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" is that of anger. Because of the treatment that they were giving the child, treating it like it was a caged animal, not showing any kindness towards it, and always humilliating it in from of the people of that place. Even though it starts describing the lives of the people who live there, it gives you a sense that not everything in that place is as peaceful and as perfect as they would like to make us (the reader) believe, because in order from the townpeople to leave peacefully as they're living they have to keep the child locked in a basement. I was in horror as soon as Ursula change you the image and present us the child, I was wondering what happen to the child's mother, does she know how the people of Omelas are treating her child, but you have to wonder that what kind of mother would let her child be treated with such conditions and not stand up, or what kind of person would just stand there and not do anything for the child. I can't believe how ignorant those people were, that they would rather let the child live in such conditions and not do anything about, just to keep leaving in the fantasy world that they have been leaving in. It makes you wonder, how is there conscience? Because they have to not have any in order to continue with their lives, as if, they were nothing wrong. It sickens me, everytime i read the story.

     In conclusion, i was somewhat appalled, that nobody ever took a stand and made them release the child. Makes you wonder, what people would do in order to live their lives as if nothing was wrong in the world. Also who were the lucky ones, the people who after seeing the child, and decided to stay in Omelas and continue with their lives as if there was anything wrong or if the people who were horrified at the cost of  their utopia's happiness that they decided to abandon everything after seeing the child. Also why nobody ever thought to think about the child, instead they rather make us believe that in Omelas, nothing was wrong and that everything was perfect and beautiful.