One of Ursula K. LeGuin's most famous and oft-anthologized short stories, "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" poses a difficult moral and philosophical question: Is the suffering of one person justified if it allows the larger community to prosper and thrive? LeGuin's story ultimately revolves around themes of exploitation, desensitization, and the costs of true integrity.
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Science-fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929) created fantastic worlds in which the author's strong-willed, feminist protagonists have increasingly taken center stage.An understanding of both a...
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Considered one of the most significant authors of science fiction and fantasy to have emerged in the twentieth century, Le Guin is recognized as a gifted and original writer whose works address essent...
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Biography EssayUrsula K. Le Guin is a writer of great versatility and power, acclaimed for her science fiction, fantasy, and children's literature. All her fiction is distinguished by careful craftsma...
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In a decade and a half, since Ursula K. LeGuin's first novel appeared as one half of an Ace Double paperback, she has become one of the most important writers in the field of science fiction. Le Guin ...
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Ursula K. Le Guin is a writer of great versatility and power, acclaimed for her science fiction, fantasy, and children's literature. All her fiction is distinguished by careful craftsmanship, a limpid...
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Best known for her works of speculative fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin made her name as the foremost early feminist voice in fantasy and science fiction. She is also notable as one of few to break the imp...
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Ursula K. Le Guin is best known as a science-fiction writer whose work has been recognized by the mainstream literary establishment, a writer whose work includes not only adult science fiction but als...
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[This entry was updated by Nancy Barendse (Charleston Southern University) from her update in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, of the entry by Brian Attebery (College o...
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Everybody should feel free toward happiness. If one is forced to have happiness, the harmony will fall apart. The story "Ones who walked away from Omelas" focuses on the utopia splitting because of ...
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In "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas," Ursula K. LeGuin makes use of colorful descriptions and hypothetical situations to draw us into a surrealistic world that illustrates how unsympathetic society...
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Everybody should feel free toward happiness. If one is forced to have happiness, the harmony will fall apart. The story "Ones who walked away from Omelas" focuses on the utopia splitting because ...
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K(roeber) Le Guin
