{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"14474511","dateCreated":"1253521595","smartDate":"Sep 21, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"mpark32198","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mpark32198","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/kisapenglporter2009-10.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14474511"},"dateDigested":1532169575,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Omelas TONE","description":"The structure of The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas contributes to the shift in its tone, which occurs when the author makes a sharp contrast between the festival in the city and a child in a basement. Before introducing the sufferings of a child, the author describes the city as positively and happily as possible. The author continues to convey to the readers a merry, cheerful image of the city almost to the point where the reader's mind is settled to feel the security and stability of the comfortable mood, which is set by the descriptive prose; therefore, they are unable to expect any stark changes to the plot's direction. However, by depicting people's duality in their manner and emotions both in presence and absence of the suffering child, the author creates a quick mood change by employing a more pessimistic, hopeless tone when describing the setting in which the child lives. Aside from the discussion about the story's tone and how it changes throughout the plot, I thought that people's awareness of the child's dire situation yet their preference to ignore it just to allow themselves to have happy lives was inhumane. They even go on to excuse themselves from this neglect by claiming that the child will not find happiness or complete freedom from fear because it has spent most of its time in the basement where joy is taken away from it and instead given to the rest of the society. This was very shocking and ruthless to me.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"14471957","dateCreated":"1253506637","smartDate":"Sep 20, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"rachelrox","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/rachelrox","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/kisapenglporter2009-10.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14471957"},"dateDigested":1532169575,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Omelas","description":"The tone at the beginning starts off with merriment and happiness. For example, the quotation: 'great joyous clanging of the bells' depicts a joyous atmosphere. Then the tone becomes more 'direct' in the next paragraph. In the quotation: 'Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting,' the narrator speaks in a straightforward and direct manner, taking out wordiness or ambiguity. In the next paragraph the tone is more sarcastic. Words are spoken in a sarcastic, and almost offensive manner in these quotations: "As you like it," "in your face." These phrases add a more patronizing tone to this paragraph. Then there is a transition to a 'dark' tone. A good quotation that indicates how people feel trapped and restricted is: 'It is too degraded and imbecile to know any real joy. It has been afraid too long ever to be free of fear.' This quotation drains all joy from the tone. The final tone is solitary as 'each one goes alone, youth or girl, man or woman' out of the city. The people who leave are independent and no-one relies on each other.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"14467765","dateCreated":"1253497407","smartDate":"Sep 20, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"jasoncho92","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jasoncho92","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/kisapenglporter2009-10.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14467765"},"dateDigested":1532169575,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Omelas Tone","description":""Omelas" begins with a joyous tone. The area and people are described positively with words like "flowing." All things are positive in the beginning with nothing sad or negative in any way.
\nThe fall into a darker tone starts with "The trouble is that we have a bad habit." The tone becomes a bit more dark from here on, but not too an excessive point.
\nIt is later that the child is described. The tone becomes as dark as possible. With descriptions of the child like "Its buttocks
\nand thighs are a mass of festered sores," the tone is opposite from the beginning. Calling the child "it" adds to this as well. The story changes from describing the utopia of "Omelas" to the harsh reality of it.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"14467473","dateCreated":"1253496921","smartDate":"Sep 20, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"yongminc10","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/yongminc10","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/kisapenglporter2009-10.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14467473"},"dateDigested":1532169575,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Omelas: Tone discussion","description":"The author begins the story with a simple, Light hearted tone. He describes the Omela peoples with upbeat energy. Words like "beating music, shimmering gong" of the procession draw a picture of the cheerful community of the Omelas. As with the images, the author maintains her joyous and beaming tone in her writing.
\nHowever, as the images shift to the child, the author's tone experiences an immediate transformation. It changes into a grueling, moody and somber voice. In describing the child who suffers at the expense of the others' joy, the author speaks in a somber tone. How horrible is the scene that the author describes! the tone stays loyal to the images that she describes: morbid, disheartening
\nIn the end, the overall tone is mysterious and enigmatic. The author leaves the readers wonders: where are the people headed? what is to happen to them in the future? This ambiguity lends to the vague, hazy tone of the author.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"14462861","dateCreated":"1253489932","smartDate":"Sep 20, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"Jessica_Y","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Jessica_Y","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/kisapenglporter2009-10.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14462861"},"dateDigested":1532169575,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Omelas Paragraph","description":"The story \u201cOmelas\u201d by Leguin travels from one tone to another as the story progresses. \u201cOmelas\u201d starts off with a joyful, lighthearted tone that portrays \u201cOmelas\u201d in a positive light. For example, Leguin discusses the following, \u201c In other streets the music beat faster, a shimmering of gong and tambourine.\u201d This carries a positive ring to it. This deeply contrasts with the more somber tones to follow. Following the lighthearted introduction, we are enveloped with a more sarcastic tone. Leguin adopts a condescending tone with a quote, "As you like it\u201d, throwing the story into the hands of the reader. The positive tone has faded and enters a very downcast mode. Leguin describes the child as, \u201ctoo degraded and imbecile to know any real joy. It has been afraid too long ever to be free of fear.\u201d One can see how \u201cOmelas\u201d modifies the tone to adjust to the theme of a complete gambit: whether one child\u2019s life is worth everyone\u2019s joy. As the reader is carried swiftly from utopia to something of a horror movie, it evokes guilt within the reader. This contrast in tone causes an unexpected twist in the story. By gradually manipulating tone, the reader can feel the gravity of the dilemma.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"14462665","dateCreated":"1253489543","smartDate":"Sep 20, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"anniexbananie","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/anniexbananie","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/kisapenglporter2009-10.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14462665"},"dateDigested":1532169575,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Omelas","description":"The author begins the story with a simple, descriptive tone. He just reveals to the readers what Omelas is like, giving no hint that there is anything mysterious or suspicious about the city. Here, he is a neutral omniscient narrator, and we are readers looking at the story from a bird's eye view.
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\nTowards the middle of the story, he introduces the child - the child whose happiness is sacrificed for the happiness of the civilians. Here, the story begins to sound more like an editorial - although the storyteller still states facts, we can sense a bitter tone in his narration.
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\nAt the end, the narrator's tone is mysterious. He still reports facts, but he does so in a way that leaves us hanging with questions. He lets the readers decide where the people who are leaving Omelas are going to.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"14462351","dateCreated":"1253488894","smartDate":"Sep 20, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"goblinj","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/goblinj","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/kisapenglporter2009-10.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14462351"},"dateDigested":1532169575,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Omelas","description":"In the beginning of the story, the tone is positive. It almost sounds like an advertisement for the land of Omelas, showing all the positive aspects of Omelas. It almost sounds too good to be true because of the positive vocabulary and elated descriptions. The contrast of it from the real world also works to make it sound positive.
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\nHowever, there is a sudden change in the middle of the story. With the introduction of the child in the basement, the mood takes a 180 degree turn. The descriptive words become negative and pessimistic, and all the flaws of Omelas are shown.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"14462161","dateCreated":"1253488573","smartDate":"Sep 20, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"yura","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/yura","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/kisapenglporter2009-10.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14462161"},"dateDigested":1532169575,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Omelas","description":" \u201cWith a clamor of bells,\u201d the short story begins with a joyful tone (Le Guin). \u201cThe Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,\u201d starts with a merry description of the festive city, Omelas. The city is filled with music and people dancing. It lucidly seems like an ebullient town as the author uses sense of sound and sight to decorate a bright image of the city. However, such description is a deception as the author slowly commences to change the tone to something not so bright. \u201cThey were not simple folk, you see, though they were happy,\u201d is a transition from a celebrative tone to a rather dimmed tone (Le Guin). As the author starts to change the tone of the story, she describes the people who were festive as more profound beings; this means that they are just not what they appear to be- happy. Hence, Le Guin insinuates a gloomy and dark aspect of this superficially elated town. \u201cThe child used to scream for help at night,\u201d while other people in the city enjoyed their nights (Le Guin). While there was a happy occurrence, there was an unhappy child. As the child is introduced, the author\u2019s tone transforms to an arcane yet somber one. The child is depicted in a constrained environment; the child is stuck in a locked and dark room. Moreover, people \u201cleave Omelas, they walk ahead into the darkness, and they do not come back\u201d (Le Guin). This shows that the entrance to the city is exciting and happy, but the exit is the opposite, morbid and unhappy. Therefore, the author\u2019s tone changes as she takes the readers on a journey from the superficial aspect of the town to the profound part of it.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"14460825","dateCreated":"1253485338","smartDate":"Sep 20, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"primal91","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/primal91","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/kisapenglporter2009-10.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14460825"},"dateDigested":1532169576,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Omelas","description":"The tone of Omelas is very colloquial. The author literally tells reader the story. Using direct questions and statement to readers, the author seeks for readers thought. The story makes reader think about our perspective in such situation that there needs to be a scapegoat in order for others to stay happy. The tone insinuates the feeling of sympathy for the child and brutal people who "does not" (it is important that it differs from "cannot") save the child.
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\nI personally would have done the same thing as other people if i were to put in the situation. Although it is sad to accept, it is our inate predilection.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"14454901","dateCreated":"1253468953","smartDate":"Sep 20, 2009","userCreated":{"username":"jyang10","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jyang10","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/kisapenglporter2009-10.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/14454901"},"dateDigested":1532169576,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas","description":"The narrator speaks of the city in very broad generalities. He leaves many of the details up to the imagination of the reader. He gives the basic outline of the city and the people, but not the up-close distinctions, instead leaving the reader to fill in details "as you like it." This makes the mood of the story very ponderous, very calm and serene, and pleasant.
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\nWhen the abused child is introduced, it is rather shocking because this contrasts with the idealistic, happy, depiction of the Omelas society. The mood, once the child is introduced, becomes more serious and melancholy, but is still distanced and calm. The narrator makes no judgments, just states things as the people of Omelas see it: To release the child from its torture would be "To exchange all the goodness and grace of every life in Omelas for that single, small improvement: to throw away the happiness of thousands for the chance of the happiness of one: that would be to let guilt within the walls indeed."
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\nThe overall calm, ponderous, thoughtful, and distanced mood of the narrator, then, helps increase the philosophical impact of the story.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}