Characterization
Happy and unproblematic are what this group is characterized as
What is the people of Omelas
In the story, this event occurs in the beginning
What is the festival in Omelas
Traditional or non-traditional plot structure
What is non-traditional
Light vs dark is what type of literary technique
Contrast/Junxtaposition
The child impacts the overall meaning of the story in this way
What is used as a symbol to portray the extent people will go to be happy
Joy, music, and celebration portray Omelas as what type of city?
What is utopian
The three ways the narrator breaks up the story
What is details, questioning, and addressing the reader
The narrator uses this literary device heavily in long paragraphs describing the city
What is imagery
The people who walk away from Omelas represent
What is moral people, or those who aren't willing to put others down for their own gain
Light Vs Dark represent what contrast in the story?
What is the bright and colorful city Vs the dark basement
Perspective is the story told from
What is a shifting perspective from 3rd to an interactive narrator.
The loud and bright festival is juxtaposed with what?
What is the quiet, dark basement
The townspeople represent this symbol in the story
The size and description of the basement help do what for the meaning of the work as a whole
What is helps the reader visualize and create contrast to the bright city above.
Why could the reader question the credibility of the stories being told in The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas?
What is the author's outside/2rd person perspective
What is a perfect harmoized society
The lack of specific characters in the short story allows the reader to do what?
What is helps the reader imagine themselves in the story, or think of Omelas as a symbol.
The vague time period adds what to the story?
What is allows the reader to use their own imagination to picture what the city is like. The lack of detail can also help the reader imagine the town as a symbol.
Addressing the reader after every piece of imagery does what for the reader?
What is adds pauses to allow the reader to process whether or not they believe what was told, or to add suspense
This type of literary device is what we just talked about in our last unit, and it is shown through the author questioning the fictionality of the story/city
What is metafiction