Omelas

My reaction to the story.  I thought that the story was very confusing at first, but I loved how it was written.  Once I finished the story, I thought it was interesting.  I thought that it was "though-provoking" while still confusing.  The line to me, means that happiness is often based on whether your needs are met, and on the things that you have that are either just "there" (like luxury items) and items that are there and also destructive. I think that she gives us the freedom in imagining this "as we like it" because one it makes it more personal and accessible, and I think it also gives you a chance to grasp the larger concepts that she introduces.  She invites you to imagine that these people are not simple fantasy people.  They are real people, complex people, and the do the things that we do, and feel the feelings that we do, excepting guilt.  They are people that also do things "unsaintly".  They have orgies and take drugs, they are not the perfect utopina society.  And I think that the fact that they are not the perfect utopian society makes it easier to grasp the point that