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Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger.

The boy got his chance at his dream, the obstacle that kept him away from reality for periods of time. As all young boys he fantasized about relationships. But the forgetfulness of others destroyed his plan. In an after thought the young boy realizes that his dream was never going to be reality being a inexperienced young boy, he became furious.

The effect that individual and social attitudes have, towards the freedom, future and responsibility of the abused child, unborn child and their self's. Both of these stories are based on selfishness, "concerned chiefly or only with oneself". These topics are compared between the stories, "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" and, "Hills Like White Elephants". Firstly the two stories express the importance that their action holds in order to obtain the future that they imagine. The couple's future depends on the abortion, "we'll be fine afterward. Just like we were before". The future of the town of Omela, depends on the child's incarceration. "They know that if the wretched one were not there sniveling in the dark, the other one, the flute player, could make no joyful music". Secondly the stories express their responsibility as a society and individuals. "If the child were brought up into the sunlight", "that would be a good thing indeed; but if it were done, in that day and hour all the prosperity and beauty and delight of Omelas would wither and be destroyed". They must keep the child out of society to protect the town's happiness by putting it's impurities in public would destroy the happiness of the individuals of the town. Compared to the girl in, "Hills Like White Elephants" who decides that her own feelings do not matter as long as the termination of her pregnancy regains the happiness that her and her partner once had. "But I don't care about me. And I'll do it and then everything will be fine". Thirdly the freedom of the type of life that the individuals may lead depends on the choices of societies and individuals. The people in the town of Omela have the attitude that the sacrifice of one, is worth the happiness of the town, "they all know that it has to be there". "They all understand that their happiness", "depend wholly on this child's abominable misery". Compared to the man in, "Hills Like White Elephants" who has the attitude that he can make his partner think that the sacrifice of the child is worth to regain the happiness of the couple. "That's the only thing that bothers us. It's the only thing that's made us unhappy".