2022_심화영어

Connecting to You In your opinion, what are some important factors for achieving happiness? wretched destructive New Words What is the author’s intention in writing “I wish I could describe them better. I wish I could convince you”? Q4 What does the author mean when she says, “Or they could have none of that; it doesn’t matter”? Q5 How can I tell you about the people of Omelas? They were mature, intelligent, passionate adults whose lives were not wretched. I wish I could describe them better. I wish I could convince you. Omelas sounds in my words like a city in a fairy tale, long ago and far away, once upon a time. Perhaps it would be best if you imagined it, for certainly I cannot suit you all. For instance, how about technology? I think that there would be no cars or helicopters in and above the streets; this follows from the fact that the people of Omelas are happy people. Happiness is based on a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive, and what is destructive. In the middle category, however— that of the unnecessary but undestructive, that of comfort, luxury, etc.— they could perfectly well have central heating, subway trains, washing machines, and all kinds of marvelous devices not yet invented here. Or they could have none of that; it doesn’t matter. 05 10 140 Special Lesson