Omelas

At first when I was reading this story I thought Omelas was this perfect city where people were always happy and really free to do whatever they wanted. I was thinking man it would be great to live in a city as wonderful as Omelas, then I came to the child that sits in a dark, dirty, secluded room and I began to feel sick to my stomach to imagine this poor child sitting alone in the dark. This is where my feelings began to change when people would open the door and start kicking the child to get it to stand up. I could not believe that the city's happiness was really set up around this one child's misery. My opinion of the great city soon changed to wow these people are so harsh. How could they live with themselves? Well come to find out some people did care about the child but they knew that the misery of the child is what made the city happy which still makes me sick because to me everyond is equal and deserves the same amount or opportunity for the same happiness. Why should one child be rejected that? I think when the man or woman or child walked away from Omelas they were actually freeing themselves from the suffering. I think that maybe they sought better opportunity and to seek their own happiness rather than living off one childs misery. This story really hit me because I saw the city as being perfect when actually it was kind of a harsh city that had a major flaw. It made me see that maybe some things seem perfect but they really aren't so don't judge something for what it seems and be happy with what you are dealt. I thought this was a very touching story, at least how I interpreted it.