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The ones who walk away from omelas3/10/2024 She is leading you to think of your own kind of perfect world. The author is using imagery to put this picture of a perfect city inside your head. Omelas sounds in my words like a city in a fairy tale, long ago and far away, once upon a time.” (Le Guin 250). In the selection the author says “O miracle! But I wish I could describe it better. Where you can be part of what religion you choose, drink, smoke, and have sexual pleasure without any human authority to say anything about it. Which is an imaginary ideal world where laws and social conditions are perfect for everyone. Here we are building the city of Omelas which is drawn out to be a Utopia. The story begins with the author describing the setting of this perfect city. To make that story ending choice of staying or leaving. With these literary devices and themes together, the author is giving an open invitation for you, the reader, to become the main character yourself. Although you see many themes throughout the short story one of the biggest ones is morality. Some of the devices are allegory, utopia and imagery. Le Guin the narrator uses many different literary devices. In the short story “The Ones that Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K.
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