The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

I had to take some time to reflect on this story because I was a little confused on what to say about this story. It was confusing at times and said some far out stuff, but towards the end I got a glimpse of something that struck me. This story reminds me of our world today and the believers and non believers of Christ. In the beginning it describes a kind of world that was a long time ago. The kind of world the could've once been the Earth or somewhere among the Earth. Over time, however, this place is slowly beginning to become corrupted. Then the story took a turn to talk about this unloved, unkempt, young boy. I have yet to really figure out why he was mentioned or who he really was. Towards the end of the story, it talks about the "ones" who left Omelas. I interpreted this specific scene as the "ones" began to realize the corruptness of Omelas and sought after something more fulfilling in life that could save them from this. I compare this with Christians in how we live in such a corrupt world and many non believers are constantly looking for something to heal or save them from the horrible things going on around them. That's when they leave the evil behind them and search for the One who can save them. They go on a journey searching until they finally find the very thing that can release them from all of this. Christ.

I'm still very curious about this boy, though. I don't know how he plays into the whole story and it's kind of aggrivating. I'm hoping tomorrow in class I can get a better idea of who he is and maybe that will help in my interpretation of him within the story.