Essay On Flatland

In the two-dimensional world of Flatland, many things are different from the three-dimensions that we exist in today. The whole perspective is different for the shapes of Flatland, and it can be difficult to imagine a world in which everything is flat, and there is no upwards or downwards, only side to side. Imagining the physical aspect of the unfamiliar land can be difficult, but an easier feat would be to discuss the social culture of Flatland. It consists of an uncompromising social class system, poor treatment of women, and various ways of recognizing other shapes.

The inhabitants of Flatland consist of lines, triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons, and other greater figures. Each shape is born with a set amount of sides that is very
There are three main ways that shapes in Flatland use to recognize each other. There is voice recognition, recognition by feeling, and sight recognition. Voice recognition is the least reliable and least favorited among the upper class because their voices can easily be replicated by the lower class and used to their advantage. The next type is recognition by feeling, which is typically used by the lower classes. Shapes make contact and feel the sides and sharpness of a shape’s angles and determine who they are this way. It takes long training to be able to use, but is nothing compared to the amount of preparation needed to be able to use sight recognition. Since feeling is seen as a lower-class method of recognition, many of the higher-class choose to send their children to universities for years and years of training in order to learn the art of sight recognition. It requires fog, which can then be used to tell the clearness and dimness of the sides of a shape based on its shadows and its distance. Although this is the best method to use for recognition and provides great exactness, only a few nobles and the wealthiest people have the time and money to invest into learning this