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• The following version of this story was used to create this Lesson Plan: LeGuin, Ursula. "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Harper Perennial, 2018. Original Publication Date: 1973. E-book.

• The subtitle of the story is stated within parentheses: "(Variations on a theme by William James)" (1).

• William James is a famous philosopher.

• In the first line of the story, the "clamor of bells" (1) startles a flock of swallows and they soar into the sky.

• The citizens of Omelas are celebrating the season with an event called the Festival of Summer.

• Omelas is a city by the sea, and on this day, processions of people are "winding" (1) their way north toward the water-meadow referred to as the Green Fields.

• Some of these processions are solemn in nature, while "In other streets the music beat[s] faster, a shimmering of gong and tambourine" (1).

• The day is sunny, brisk, and clear...

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