Neil:
Thanks for your insight.
Madalyn
At 01:38 PM 5/5/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Madalyn Galdamez <mgaldame@SHRIKE.DEPAUL.EDU> wrote:
>>Hi--
>>
>>I am new to this discussion...and, I am a novice reader in LeGuin's
>>literature. I just read The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas and I am
>>embarrassed to say, I didn't understand anything!!! Can someone please
>help me?
>
>My take on the story is that it's about humanity and compassion: Could you
>live a wonderful, perfect life, knowing it was at the expense of someone
>else's misery? A possible compare&contrast, IMO, is Harlan Ellison's _The
>Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World_. (if I'm recalling the
>right title)
>
>
>Neil Rest
>
>
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