The essence of a utopia is being a happy place to live, but what is "living well" will vary depending on an individual's value.Omelas one-ups this idea by having no significant plot on the fictional level, but instead having a Metafictional plot about a narrator deciding what the setting will by based on their presumptions of the audience's expectations.
Many dystopian stories focus on the setting at the expense of any story or character (for instance, the original Utopia had a Framing Device but no actual plot).Deconstructive Parody: Dystopia, in particular utopia deconstructions, are themselves mocked by blithely passing over their implications from an in-universe perspective and questioning their use as narrative devices.Omelas genuinely is a Utopia, but one whose existence relies on a continually-sustained act of unspeakable barbarity towards an innocent.
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