the author was trying to say in a dystopian novel or short story, or how it is related to modern-day society? It may be difficult to read between the lines in some dystopian texts. In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, a male and female from ages twelve to eighteen are chosen to fight until there is only one person standing. Katniss and Peeta beat the odds by out thinking the Capitol. In The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula Le Guin, the happiness of Omelas depends on a child’s suffering.
Guin and Thomas More both create societies that are believed to be utopias. They are both two very different depictions of a “perfect” society with many flaws hidden in between the lines. These utopias are perfect on the outside but on the inside someone is suffering whether it is recognized or not. In both Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”, and Thomas More’s “Utopia”, it is noticeable that the narrators are neutral in depicting details of each society. Ultimately, Le Guin and More show
the fact that the idea of a dystopian society is an imaginary form society where people suffer from misery and oppression, it could be mistaken for horror fiction. “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” is a prime