Other people are upset by this and leave the town. Many of the people in the town hear about the child and decide to go on living without caring about what they had seen. Being told about this child is symbolic of the character of the person. When the citizens come of age, they are told about a child that must be kept in a disgusting condition and be sad for all of the other people town to be happy. But, the reader is thrown for a surprise when they read about a coming of age exercise that the town uses on its citizens. The author describes the town of Omelas to make it seem perfect.
Utilitarian ethics typically defines morality in dystopian literature, and this is an important way that “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” argues against utilitarianism as a justifiable way to decide about what is right and what is wrong. The most important element that is focused on is the discussion of utilitarian ethics. To tell the story, the author uses many features that are used in dystopian literature. Because of this, the people that walk away from the town can be said to be good, while the people that don’t walk away from the town are evil.
Most of the people who live in the town of Omelas decide to give in to their evil nature, but others notice terrible acts and decide to walk away from town. The author uses the story to make comments on how people are and how human nature is naturally terrible. Although the story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” is fiction, it is based on how people really act and make decisions in real life.