Comments on: What is the name and author of this short story? http://languageisavirus.com/questions/what-is-the-name-and-author-of-this-short-story creative writing questions and answers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:04:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: abba-dingo http://languageisavirus.com/questions/what-is-the-name-and-author-of-this-short-story/comment-page-1#comment-4245 abba-dingo Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:34:29 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/what-is-the-name-and-author-of-this-short-story#comment-4245 This is almost certainly "The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. LeGuin. This is almost certainly “The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. LeGuin.

]]> By: gormenghast10014 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/what-is-the-name-and-author-of-this-short-story/comment-page-1#comment-4244 gormenghast10014 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:15:19 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/what-is-the-name-and-author-of-this-short-story#comment-4244 "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula LeGuin "This poignant story forces the reader to decide if the happiness of the many is worth the suffering of one. In the end, however, those who choose to leave do so because, I imagine, the happiness of others is eliminated from the equation. It then becomes a question of whether or not that particular individual's happiness is worth this poor child's suffering - at least, that is why I would leave Omelas! " What's the anagram? Salome? Maleos? Malosa? “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula LeGuin
“This poignant story forces the reader to decide if the happiness of the many is worth the suffering of one. In the end, however, those who choose to leave do so because, I imagine, the happiness of others is eliminated from the equation. It then becomes a question of whether or not that particular individual’s happiness is worth this poor child’s suffering – at least, that is why I would leave Omelas! ”
What’s the anagram? Salome? Maleos? Malosa?

]]> By: the_bat_freak http://languageisavirus.com/questions/what-is-the-name-and-author-of-this-short-story/comment-page-1#comment-4243 the_bat_freak Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:25:01 +0000 http://languageisavirus.com/questions/what-is-the-name-and-author-of-this-short-story#comment-4243 so sorry. i did all i could searching the net for answers but i guess both of us we'll never know. p.s./ i just gave u a star. hope that cheers u up so sorry. i did all i could searching the net for answers but i guess both of us we’ll never know.

p.s./ i just gave u a star. hope that cheers u up

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