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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Ursula K. Le Guin

32 pages

About this book

Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happiness.

Themes
Dark & BroodingPhilosophy & Big IdeasThought-ProvokingWhat Does It All Mean?Strange & UnsettlingThe cost of collective happinessMoral complicity in systemic evilThe burden of impossible choices
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