The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Rhetorical Analysis

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To begin with, Ursula K. LeGuin’s tone in the passages is inquisitive because she is questioning the way the people in Omelas value the freedom of the many for the punishment of one.. In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, “sacrificing one person for the good of many” or “putting the group before the individual” are two common subjects interpreted in the short story. These two ideas are the subjects because in the story a child goes through more suffering than anyone else but the society somehow benefits from its suffering. The author uses many joyous or positive words to portray Omelas. In the story it states “Their manes were braided with streamers of silver, gold, and green.” The horses that wear colors like gold and silver are strong and are the top type of …show more content…

The imagery in this quote show that she is wonderstruck and in awe of the beauty of the horses and the society Omelas. The tone shift of the story occurs when the author writes about the child in the small room. The tone switches from elated or joyous to disdain and disgust. In the story it states, “The child used to scream for help at night.” The author’s use now that even though the child supports their society, it is still suffering. The author also uses diction connects to the overall tone of disgust towards the the citizens of Omelas that ko uses diction to express how ignorant the people are for allowing the treatment of the child. “The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.” Her diction shows us that she feels indignant to the behaviour of the citizens. Towards the end of the story the author is hopeful when she talks about how the people that leave know what is

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