Complexity and Happiness in Literature

They were not simple folk, but mature, intelligent, and passionate adults.

As a city in a fairy tale, long ago and far away, almost like a utopia.

A refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.

<p>The author suggests that happiness is often considered stupid, while only pain is seen as intellectual.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>There is none of it in Omelas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sense of victory, celebration of courage, and absence of clergy and soldiers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drugs like drooz provide lightness, brilliance, dreamy langour, and exciting visions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The joy built upon successful slaughter is not the right kind of joy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The society of Omelas is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, unnecessary but undestructive comfort, and what is destructive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The citizens of Omelas are depicted as enjoying comforts and luxuries, indifferent to the suffering that may be underlying their society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The author suggests having religion but without clergy in Omelas, indicating a preference for spirituality over organized religious institutions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text implies that individuals in Omelas have the freewill to choose their lifestyle preferences, even suggesting the addition of an orgy if it would enhance happiness.</p> Signup and view all the answers