The essay has a 1200-word minimum length. Essays not turned in by the due date will receive a zero. If you will not complete the essay in time, contact me before it is due.

Therefore, no late essays will be accepted.

This is the final essay and there is a very short time between the due date and posting of grades.

A finished, proofread and edited draft.

A Works Cited page, in proper format, that includes MLA citations for the story and for any outside sources you use.

Paragraph unity and overall organization that is clear and makes sense.

At least two outside research sources that will be used to support your position.

Discussion and support of your position, using clear arguments.

An introductory paragraph that works to introduce the issues or questions.A thesis statement that is complete and says both your position and why you hold it.A brief, basic explanation of the facts – What the story is about and what the problem is.A relevant title, numbered pages, double-spaced text.What do you believe is the “right” decision – to stay and accept or to walk away? How does this ethical/moral issue apply to real life, and in real life, do you respond to this problem the same as you said you would respond in Omelas, or differently? The story does not present any option for “saving” the child or changing the condition the only options are to accept the situation and live with it, or to walk away into an unknown future. All residents of the city are aware of the child, and of the condition. The existence of this Utopia rests on one condition – the child who is kept, alone and miserable, in the cellar. In the story by Ursula LeGuin we’ve read, the narrator describes an imaginary city, Omelas, which is a Utopia.

The omelas