In the story by Ursula LeGuin weve read, the narrator describes an imaginary city, Omelas, which is a Utopia. The existence of this Utopia rests on one condition the child who is kept, alone and miserable, in the cellar. All residents of the city are aware of the child, and of the condition. The story does not present any option for saving the child or changing the condition; the only options are to accept the situation and live with it, or to walk away into an unknown future. What the essay must include: The essay has a 1200-word minimum length. Essays not meeting the word-length minimum will receive a completion credit between 25-45 points at my discretion. It must include a Works Cited page, which includes any source you use in the essay. You may use any of the research sources I provide on Eagle Online. The essay must contain at least two acceptable, relevant research sources, with at least two direct cited quotes from that source. The source material must help explain or support what you
are saying. See below for more on this. RELEVANCE: It must be clear how the research material you use helps explain or support what you are saying in some way that is useful or necessary. That means you must tell us what it means and why it is important. Do not use research sources or quotes to state commonly known or inarguable facts. Do not use quotes that come from Wikiquote, Brainy Quotes, or any other quotation-aggregator. Dictionary definitions, encyclopedia entries, and Wikipedia entries do not count as research. (Wikipedia entries can be very useful for links and general information, but never use Wikipedia as a cited source.) Note sites such as Schmoop, SparkNotes, etc. cannot be used or cited as research. Free-essay sites such as 123helpme also cannot be used and should never be part of your essay in any way. Do not plagiarize. If you are using the words of a source, use quotation marks. If you are using just the ideas of a source, it still must be cited in the text.