and beauty and delight of Omelas would wither and be destroyed. Those are the terms" (LeGuin, 282). Omelas will remain as is, with happiness and joy constantly surrounding everyone, if the child continues to suffer.
             When the townspeople stone Tessie to death in "The Lottery" for the reason that all of the townspeople will have a good harvest, similarly the people of Omelas watch the child suffer so Omelas will remain joyous. In both short stories, authors make a definite connection between the happiness of some to the suffering of another. LeGuin makes the connection more direct than Jackson does. The reader needs to understand that the townspeople will only be happy if thei
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