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Contemporary American culture is defined as common themes of political attitudes, religious beliefs and news events that lead trends during the present time. Today, we see contemporary American culture portrayed in many more ways than that. We see it through art, music, and literature. In literature, for example, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula Le Guin, contemporary American culture is portrayed throughout. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas represents contemporary American culture by portraying the exploitation of others, the symbolism of Americas political systems and oppression of the lower classes, and the lacking of moral responsibility. We can see the exploitation of others in the story by becoming introduced to the young child who is locked in the basement of one of the beautiful, lively homes in Omelas. We find out that the child is locked away in the basement to suffer for the well-being and happiness of all the other people of Omelas. Le Guin never gives a reason for the child’s suffering or how he or she got there in the first place, only that, “if the child were brought up into the sunlight out of the vile place, if it were cleaned and fed and comforted, that would be a good thing, indeed; but if it were done, in that day an d hour all the prosperity and beauty and delight of Omegas would wither and be destroyed. Those are the terms. To exchange all the goodness and grace of every life in omegas for that single, small improvement” (Le Guin p.3).
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