But like in “The Lottery” no one seems to want to step up and make those changes out of fear. These people choose to walk away from the town and leave the utopian lifestyle behind them. They simply cannot live in the town knowing what is happening behind the scenes. “They would like to do something for the child. But there is nothing they can do. If the child were brought up into the sunlight out of the vile place, if it were cleaned and fed and comforted, that would be a good thing, indeed; but if it were done, in that day and hour all the prosperity and beauty and delight of Omelas would wither and be destroyed” (LeGuin 868). With this; think the pressure put on these people to make the decision to stay or leave this utopia and a life they always wanted, but to always have to know this child has the worst life
But like in “The Lottery” no one seems to want to step up and make those changes out of fear. These people choose to walk away from the town and leave the utopian lifestyle behind them. They simply cannot live in the town knowing what is happening behind the scenes. “They would like to do something for the child. But there is nothing they can do. If the child were brought up into the sunlight out of the vile place, if it were cleaned and fed and comforted, that would be a good thing, indeed; but if it were done, in that day and hour all the prosperity and beauty and delight of Omelas would wither and be destroyed” (LeGuin 868). With this; think the pressure put on these people to make the decision to stay or leave this utopia and a life they always wanted, but to always have to know this child has the worst life