The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Book Discussion

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Where do they go? Louise 9 231 2 hours, 46 min ago  
What's the Name o...: SOLVED. Fiction by American author (ethics etc). [s] Rounak 4 17 Mar 26, 2020 08:02PM  
BTS Book Club: Did the book seem realistic? Where the characters believable or relatable? Noona 24 27 Jan 07, 2019 06:27AM  
BTS Book Club: The word “Omelas” is written as the name of the hotel the BTS members are presumably staying at in the music video Spring Day. What do you think this symbolizes and how is this book linked with the song and/or music video? Noona 11 107 Jan 05, 2019 11:44AM  
BTS Book Club: Would you be able to rationalize living in a utopia if you knew the cost was someone else’s misery? Noona 4 20 Jan 05, 2019 11:43AM  
BTS Book Club: What did you like least about the book? Noona 2 20 Jan 05, 2019 11:32AM  
BTS Book Club: If you were to write a fanfiction about this book, what kind of story would you like to tell? Noona 11 11 Jan 05, 2019 11:29AM  
BTS Book Club: Are there specific images that struck you as important and connected between the story and the video? Noona 6 12 Jan 05, 2019 11:23AM  
BTS Book Club: How is happiness described in the text? What would your utopian society look like? Noona 8 8 Jan 04, 2019 07:38PM  
BTS Book Club: What do you think the train symbolizes throughout music video? Do you think there is a deeper meaning behind V’s actions at the start of the video, when he listens to the vibrations of the track? Noona 15 14 Jan 04, 2019 07:38PM  
BTS Book Club: What message or themes do you think the Spring Day music video and/or song are trying to portray? Noona 22 12 Jan 04, 2019 07:21PM  
BTS Book Club: What’s your favorite quote from the book and why did it stand out to you? Noona 13 9 Jan 04, 2019 07:00PM  
BTS Book Club: Why does everyone in the city need to be made aware of the child? Noona 6 13 Jan 04, 2019 06:47PM  
BTS Book Club: Does the happiness of the masses outweigh the misery of one person? Noona 5 10 Jan 04, 2019 05:56PM  
BTS Book Club: What other books/movies/songs did this remind you of? Noona 12 11 Jan 04, 2019 05:36PM  
BTS Book Club: What do you think the child is an analogy for? Noona 11 13 Jan 04, 2019 04:45PM  
BTS Book Club: Do you believe everyone in the city is happy even after they know the truth and choose to stay? Is it possible to be happy knowing such a dark truth? Noona 12 13 Jan 04, 2019 04:40PM  
BTS Book Club: Why don’t the people of “Omelas” do something about the child? Noona 11 12 Jan 04, 2019 04:20PM  
BTS Book Club: What do you think the reactions of the people who come to visit the child reveals about this society? Noona 2 7 Jan 04, 2019 04:10PM  
BTS Book Club: Which character in the book would you like to meet? Is there another characters perspective you would have liked to have heard the story from? Noona 8 11 Jan 04, 2019 04:08PM  
BTS Book Club: What feelings did this book evoke for you? Noona 6 11 Jan 04, 2019 03:48PM  
BTS Book Club: What does the act of leaving “Omelas” symbolize? Noona 3 11 Jan 04, 2019 03:02PM  
BTS Book Club: What theme(s) did you think the author was trying to explore? Noona 8 10 Jan 04, 2019 02:53PM  
BTS Book Club: Do you think the themes connecting the story and video play a larger part in BTS’ complex backstory? Noona 3 8 Jan 04, 2019 01:52PM  
BTS Book Club: Where do you think those who walk away go? Literally or figuratively? Noona 2 11 Jan 04, 2019 01:46PM  
BTS Book Club: How would you compare the imagery of the book to the imagery used in Spring Day? Noona 2 10 Jan 04, 2019 01:44PM  
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