Blog numero 4!!

Group 1
Question 4 

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime" -Honore de Balzac. This man made a good point. Whether we are aware of it or not. In the town of Omelas everyone was aware of it though. Did they consider it a crime? Probably not. Marxism revolves around the concept of greater good versus individual self. It's about the "WE" not about the "I". In the "Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" there is this widespread ideology that is basically dictating that one single child must be sacrificed in order to have this wonderful peaceful town. Omelas's successful society depends on this single child's horrible misfortunes. The narrator stresses that this child's sufferings and the prosperity of Omelas and its people is clear and understood by everyone in the town. Everyone understands the correlation between the two but never does the narrator actually give a rational connection as to why. All we know is that the sacrifice of the child yields to happiness and prosperity. It is obvious that no one in the town can fathom the idea of giving up the towns happiness to help this single child "to throw away the happiness of thousands for the chance of one..." again, there is the ideology of the "greater good". In my opinion every citizen of Omelas plays the role of the bourgeoisie, but then again they all play the role of the proletariat. They all have to submit to this sick ideology of allowing the child to live in these inhumane conditions. They can't really do anything about it because they know that if they did that happy life they have enjoyed for so long will be shattered. Of course there are those that simply leave Omelas, they can perhaps be seen as the ones who are "revolting" against their ideology. But simply walking away seems just as bad as living in the town. They walk away, they are not a part of it, yet it continues. So are they really revolting against it? Perhaps if those who do not agree with it were to come together as a whole and DO something other than walk away, maybe.

Group 2
Question 7

While I watched "The Lottery" I automatically thought about "The Hunger Games. In "The Lottery" however, everyone gets to participate in the drawing to see who gets stoned. Men and women, young and old. In "The Hunger Games" only children from the ages of 12 to 18 are allowed to participate. Although in "The Lottery" the reasons for why they hold this annual tradition is so they can have good fortune and peace I think it is also to maintain some sense of control and submission. Which is exactly what happens in "The Hunger Games". The reason for why they have these deadly games is to keep the districts under control to avoid an uprising from the districts (like district 13). The bourgeoisie (the gamemakers,Snow, people from The Capitol) want to keep the districts and the residents (proletariat) under control.