Walking Away From Greasy Situations

People every day are faced with choices, from things as simple as whether or not to take a shower, to things as controversial as whether or not to kill someone. In both cases, they are merely ignoring the possible consequences of their actions because they are so intent on fulfilling their goals. They make the first stride to change by refusing to party with two girls they meet at the lake the night they fight and almost kill the biker. Both groups would rather leave things the way they are so that they can take the easy road, rather than act responsiblly. They fail to realize that happiness can never be rooted with something degenerate. They fight a biker and almost beat him to death because of a minor argument, and then attempt to rape his girlfriend. Similarly, the boys of "Greasy Lake" are living a life that they think is happy. However, not only are they getting hurt by their bad actions, but other people are affected as well. They engage in negative behavior, making bad decisions and doing stupid childish things to seem cool. It is important to believe in what we do, and to realize whether the end, however good it may sound, really justifies the means by which we take to get there. When the people of Omelas are old enough to understand, they see for themselves the tortured boy in the closet. The difference between the two situations is that the people of Omelas aren’t doing bad things to themselves.