“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” is an award-winning short fiction by the famous science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin. It is set in a utopian city named Omelas, where they sacrifice a child’s life to ensure their prosperity. The child must be kept in a cell, barely fed, never leaving the confines of the basement. But this “scapegoating” – the act of punishing an innocent person for the greater good – pushes some people to make a decision: to walk away from Omelas.
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