One child is chosen from the population to serve as a sacrifice that will allow the rest of the city to live in peace and plenty. The child is placed in a small, windowless room without any amenities and is completely cut off from the rest of society except for the short visits from those who come to view the child. When they learn of the child’s existence, the people of Omelas battle with the knowledge of The child, who suffers for them, and the guilt they feel as a result of their knowledge. However, most of them eventually overcome their guilt. They live fully, celebrate life, and work to achieve beauty and greatness in an effort to justify the sacrifice of The child. They are no longer capable of true happiness after they learn about The child, but they are capable of contentment. There are some people who leave the city. Some leave when they first learn of the child’s existence and some leave after a long battle with their guilt. But they all leave on solitary journeys as they make their way through the city and the surrounding fields and out into the unknown. These people disappear and never return. Their fate and their paths are unknown
Couplet = couple = 2 lines
Quatrain = quadruple = 4 lines
Sestet = 6 lines
Octave = octagon = 8 lines
Thats how I try to remember it.
The answer is A Samuel beckett
Answer:
to entertain readers with an anecdote about babysitting.
Explanation:
The purpose of the passage above is clearly to entertain the reader by recounting in an ingenious and witty tone an amusing anecdote about Kev´s experience babysitting. The writer is successful in his purpose since the passage is well elaborated, and with a good dose of irony, makes one, the reader, follow the anecdote empathetically but with a smile.
Intercepts of lines review (x-intercepts and y-intercepts) The x-intercept is where a line crosses the x-axis, and the y-intercept is the point where the line crosses the y-axis. Thinking about intercepts helps us graph linear equations.
