ABSTRACT
Ursula le Guin, in her short story “The ones who walk away from Omelas” (le Guin, 1976), imagines a glorious summer festival in a shining city full of celebrants. The universal civic happiness has one exception. A child in rags is kept in a cellar, in misery, fear, and suffering. When the children of Omelas come of age, they are shown the child and must choose to stay in Omelas, accepting that there will always be one child treated like this – or they must walk away.
