Ignorance may be bliss, yes, but the our society and the one in Omelas is not ignorant. As long as the population doesn’t have to see injustice, they just pretend the injustices don’t exist. ![]() ![]() America is the richest nation in the world, but the population can’t watch a commercials that shows starving children in 3rd world countries. The story’s metaphors apply to many aspects of our society even though Omelas was described as imaginative. The depiction of the “cellar” child is relatable to readers and social themes such as poverty, depression, fear, solitude, and rejection etc. Her figurative language illustrates the dichotomy between ignorance and understanding. It’s interesting how Le Guin separates her allegorical story into two sections the joyous and the depressed. Something to think about. Is social injustice the fee for happiness? This is the groups opinion: The society of Omelas is corrupt, no doubt, but it is also correct. Le Guin “insists on Aristotle’s definition of Homo sapiens as social animals, and she shows how difficult it is to think of our fellow humans as people, rather than as men and women” from the bio in the book.
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