Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28013738-20170216165729

There is this short story about a utopian city where everything is wonderful. Everyone is happy. Everyone but one.

Because the happiness of everyone is a product of the misery and suffering of one child. In order for everyone to have a happy life, the suffering of that one child must continue.. He must be kept locked up and alone. If mercy was shown upon to this child then the city would crumble.

now I cant help but compare this child to bam.

What if the world above bam's cave was that of the same setting as this utopian city? The city was all wonderful until rachel came down the cave.

What if when rachel said that "bam took everything away from him" is because, when she showed mercy on ba'am she caused her city to fall. Sickness, sadness, chaos.. everything was in ruins because of the kindness she showed to bam.. Maybe that is the reason why on rachel's flashback she was also mistreated by someone.. maybe her fellow citizens became angry at her for ruining the city

That is why she wanted a way out. She wanted to be born a new and have to nothiing with baam. Since now she is afraid of baam(the night).

If you want to get what I mean and now more about the story then plesae read.. "The One Who Walks away from Omelas" its a great short story just 4 pages long 