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1、lesson-7-高英精品文档Comments on The Ones Who Walk Away from OmelasThispieceofwriting,whichwaswrittenbyUrsulaLeGuin,reallyprovokedmydeepfeelingaboutthecityOmelas,thepeoplethere,thelittlekidwhowassufferinginlieuofalltheothercitizensinthecity.Further,Ithinkabouttherealsituationofoursociety.Bycomparingandco
2、ntrasting,therearesimilaritiesanddifferencesamongtherealworldandthecityimaginedbythewriterofthestory.Acoupleofquestionsarestilllingeringonmymind:whoandwhychoosethelittlekidtobetheonesuffering?HowcanallthecitizensofOmelasinthestoryenjoytheirlifebywaysofcelebratingtheFestivalofSummer,forgettingandavo
3、idingallthepainsandsufferings?Whyistherenobodytostandupandtoguardagainstalltheotherstoescapethelittlekidfromthoseextremepains?Andwhydopeopletherechoosetowalkawayfromthatcityinsteadofdoingsomethingtosolvethedifficultproblem?Itissuchkindofquestionsthathelpmethinkmoreandchangemyselfinaway.Firstofall,w
4、hoistherightpersontomakethedecisiononchoosingthelittlekidtobetheonesuffering,andwhythismustbesoinsuchacity?Ononehand,wecannotreadfromorevenbeyondthelinestoknowthatthereissuchaperson.Instead,weknowfromthedescriptionofthewriterthatthereisnokinginthecityatall.Commonsenseinformsmethatitisalwaystheking,
5、orsayingthemonarch,todecidewhoisgoingtobepunished,praisedorawarded.Butsincethereisnokinginthecity,thecitizensthemselvesarethedecision-makers.Itispossiblethatwhensuchalittlekidwasborn,hehadalreadybeenchosentobethemostunluckybaby.Basedontheirbelief,religion,ortradition,whenababywasborninaspecialplace
6、ataspecialtime,orifthereisanysignofbadluckmarkedonitsbody,itmustbeputinthatdirtydarkroomthereafterfornootherreasons.Ontheotherhand,IwaswonderingwhysuchaterriblecasemustexistinthecityofOmelasafterIhavereadthisstoryforthefirsttime.Thecitizens,whoarehappyandnaiveandpure,tendtoignoretheexistenceoftheli
7、ttlekidthoughsomeofthemhavealreadyknownthat.Theyarenaiveenoughtothinkthatiftheyignoretheexistenceofthelittlekidstayinginthedarkroomsuffering,theywilldefinitelyhaveaharmoniousandhappylifewithnoproblemsanylon
