However, she brings up many logical conjectures that the liberation of the child would not be valued, therefore the city of Omelas and reader should justify utilitarianism. It raises many ethical and moral questions due to this teleological system of governance. One significant use of topoi is the instruction of law: “The terms are strict and absolute there may not even be a kind word spoken to the child.” Le Guin has constructed a society that is governed by one law, and the violation of this stern law would wreak havoc among the masses. Although there is no proof that the child’s liberation will bring the city to its tragic demise, the people of Omelas have repeatedly tortured one child so that there is no possibility of devastation. This methodical approach guides the speaker toward her powerful argument: the child must be plagued to ensure the city’s prosperous health. The purpose of this strategy is to persuade the audience that her crafted utopia is not a paradise instead, it is a dystopia.
Le Guin begins the second half of her story with a handful of rhetorical questions. Analysis begins on page 4: “Do you believe? Do you accept the festival, the city, the joy? No? Then let me describe one more thing.”
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