This story is about a town called Omelas. It is painted to be the perfect town, an utopia. The time of the story is when a summer festival is occurring. We find out litttle by little about the people. They are normal people and have nothing too extraordinary with them. However, in a basement room under a building is a boy kept in with no windows and in a locked door. The town brings people by to see him. They do not talk to him, but show him to the younger kids. They do this so that they know they should be good and be good to their children. The boy is fed very little and has sores all over him, because he lives in his own excrements. In the end, the children either go live a good life, or they leave Omelas.
This story is about finding the truth and making choices. Sometimes when you are little you think your parents have no faults. When you find out that they have faults, you have to decide what to do. This story shows the children the truth and they must "live good lives." However, some make a "choice" and leave this horrible place. Another relation to the story is that looks are deceiving.
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