![]() There are definitely strong indications that utopia exists in Omelas. But, is Omelas a utopian society? In this paper I will discuss the elements of utopia present in the community of Omelas, the elements that counter utopia in the community of Omelas, my feelings toward the author's description of Omelas, and what the child in the broom closet may possibly symbolize. This of course, is impossible and can only be portrayed in fictional stories such as "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas". A society in which each person can live in his or her own version of paradise or ecstasy. A society in which everyone is happy and free, where everything is perfect. In the end, the fictional people who walk away from a fictional land of Omelas become a reality.A utopian society, in my mind, is one without disease, crime, or poverty. As the narrative is one that illustrates two extremes of which neither is appealing, the intended reader is left with nothing a utopia that does not exist and a false utopia that no one would wish to exist. The malleability of the storyworld and its rules allowed for all the contradictions to occur thus discrediting the narrator. The narrator is not incompetent, but she was careless in the way she presented the story. Through her desperation to be believed and tell a believable story, she allowed for multiple small and large contradictions to occur. She contradicts her offer to the narratee by then restricting what …show more content… The narrator in “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” proved over and over again to be unreliable. In response to this, she allows the narratee to add details to the world as they please, offering “add an orgy. She acknowledges that Omelas may strike “some of as goody-goody” (LeGuin 6). This causes subtle contradictions within the story. As her main goal is for the intended reader to believe her story, she allows the narratee to pick and chose certain details of the narrative. ![]() ![]() The narrator in “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is very self conscious of how she tells the story and constantly worries about the reader. She begins by saying “How can I tell you about the people of Omelas” (LeGuin 6)? How reliable a narrator is, is incredibly important as it determines whether or not the intended reader is willing to believe the narrative and the storyworld. The narrator struggles to convince the narratee to believe in the world she is trying to describe throughout the whole narrative. THE ONES WHO WALK AWAY FROM OMELAS TEXT SERIESThough a seemingly plot-less story (Scoville Lecture 3), the series of events and in turn, climax, fall onto the narrator herself. By speaking directly to the narratee the narrator effectively breaks the fourth wall of the narrative, however, this is not to say she is reliable in the story she tells. The storyworld drastically shifts …show more content… The fourth wall is what separates the audience from the action on stage. As such an idealistic utopia is difficult to accept, the narrator feels forced to conform to the cynicism of the narratees in order to make the story seem more believable and furthermore, to make herself sound more reliable. ![]() The lack of rules in the beginning of the text illustrates the characters as peaceful and content who have set morals. The world of Omelas is presented as one that drastically shifts according to the narrators will. “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula LeGuin is narrated by an unreliable narrator, which results in storyworld contradictions, and both intentional and unintentional misdirection. Show More The Lack of Narrator Credibility in “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula LeGuin ![]()
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