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1、LessonNineTheOnesWhoWalkAwayfromOmelasDetailedStudyoftheText1.TheOnesWhoWalkAwayfromOmelasmaybecalledapieceofallegorical(讽寓的)description.ThewriterdescribesemotionallyandcolorfullythecityofOmelasanditscitizens.Inreality,however,shediscoursesonaratherprovocative(引起争论的)th
2、eme–thenatureofhappinessandonwhatitdepends.Shestatesherviewsveryclearlyinonesentence:“Happinessisbasedonajustdiscriminationofwhatisnecessary,whatisneithernecessarynordestructive,andwhatisdestructive”.WhatthecitizensofOmelasdonothaveordonotwishtohavemaybeclassedasthings
3、,whichthewriterthinks,aredestructiveofhappiness.ThemostimportantthingonwhichthehappinessofthepeopleofOmelasisbasedisthemiseryandsufferingofthechildinthebasementcellar.Thewritercallsthistheterriblejusticeofrealityandthepeopleacceptit.Thewholematerialmaybeclearlydividedi
4、ntofiveparts.Paragraphs1,4,5,and6describethecolorfulcelebrationsoftheFestivalofSummer.describesthemiseryandsufferingofthechild.Paragraphs9,10and12describetheattitudeofmostpeopleandtheirreactionstothechild’ssuffering.Paragraph14describesthedifferentattitudeandreactionso
5、fafew.Finally,therearemanyshortparagraphs(2,7,11and13)whichservetointroducenewtopicsorideas.Theseshortparagraphsaremoreeffectiveandforcefulthanordinarytopicsentences.Thewriterfurtherpunctuatesherpointsbyusingmanyrhetoricalquestions.Forexample,inparagraph2sheusestheques
6、tion,“Howisonetotellaboutjoy?”topreparethereaderforherprovocativeviewsonjoy,happiness,pain,evil,etc.ThesecondquestionstatesclearlysheisgoingtodescribethecitizensofOmelas.Thelastparagraph,however,standsoutsharplyfromamongalltheothers.Itisthemostinterestingandthoughtprov
7、okingparagraph.Thewriterputsforwardtheproblembutdoesnotsupplytheanswers,thusallowingthereaderstogivefreereintotheirimagination.ThewriterusesalotofspecificwordsdescribingsoundandcolortopaintaverbalpictureofthecityofOmelasandtodescribethejoyouscelebrationsthatwerebeinghe
8、ld.Hereareafewexamples:bright-towered,sparkledwithflags,redroofs,paintedwalls,robesofmauve(紫红色)andgrey,GreenFields,st