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Directions: In the appropriate conference on our class Web Board,
discuss one or all of the following.
- "Allegory" refers to a piece of fiction that makes
literal some kind of abstract idea.
Of ten this is done through personification – through
making human characters out of virtues or vices (the classic
example being Pilgrim's Progress).
Other times it is done through reducing a complex situation
down to its core elements (Dr. Seuss's "The Sneeches"
and the Star Trek episode "Let That
Be Your Last Battlefield" being classic examples
For what situations/realities/issues might "Omelas"
serve as an allegory? Consider:
- What is the fundamental reality of Omelas?
- Where in modern life does that reality manifest?
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The title of the story is "The Ones Who Walk Away From
Omelas." Why do
some people walk away? Do
you get the sense that they are to be admired for walking away?
- The only options discussed in the story are either living with
the situation or walking away.
Why are other options, such as trying to help the child,
not discussed?
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