Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott- Chapter 3

Chapter 3 is entitled "Concerning the Inhabitants of Flatland." Reading this chapter, I realized that this book is really weird! I mean really, it's kind of funny. Abbott goes on and on telling us about this world, Flatland: Where everyone and everything is two-dimensional shapes. It's quite interesting actually! In this chapter, he breaks down the different classes of people, shapes, in Flatland. There are straight lines, circles, squares, equlateral triangles, isosceles triangles, etc. Their shape determines their social status. This chapter was prety crucial because Abbott tells the reader about the basic social aristocracy in Flatland.

Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott- Chapter 2

Abbott starts off the next chapter by informing the reader that in Flatland, just like in Spaceland, there are four points of the compass, North, South, East, and West. Since there is no sun in Flatland, they determine the North in an unusual way. You see, in Flatland, there is a constant attraction to the South.  Also, another way they determine direction, is by the rain. The rain in Flatland always falls from the North. The force of attraction tells much more heavily on males than females. Therefore, it is a rule that when a man meets a lady in the street, a man must always give them the north side of the street too walk on.
Because there is no sun in Flatland, an often investigated question was, "What is the origin of light?" After many attempts to solve the answer to this question, the Legislature prohibited any study of the origin of light. The narrartor then claims he knows the answer to the question, but no one in Flatland believes him, although he is a well-educated professor, and the very person who introduced the theory of light from Spaceland. After he shows his passionate opinion for the subject, he continues to tell us about the houses in Flatland.
The average house shape in flatland is a Pentagon. Square and Triangle shaped houses are not allowed because their angles are much more pointed, and this is considered a danger. Most houses have a large door for males, and a much smaller door on the other side for women. Some Triangular and Square houses still exist, although they are rare. Square houses used to be permitted, but for towns that had a population of at least ten thousand, the Pentagonal shape was the only allowed house shape by Legislature. Therefore, it is now the most common shape used in Flatland.

Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott- Chapter 1

This book starts of quite interestingly. The narrarator states that he lives in a world that he knows as Flatland. He describes his land as a two-dimensional one in which the people can only see lines. He gives an analogy to help describe Flatland. The author paints a picture of a sailor in the seas, looking at land from far-off. From far distance,  the land just looks like a line. Although you know it is land, the only visible thing from way far off, is a grayish line. Now in Spaceland, our, three-demensinoal world, as you get closer, it begins to look more like a piece of land. But in Flatland, no matter how close or far you get from a shape, whether it be a triangle, square, hexagon, pentagon, or circle, it was only always appear as a  straight line. After giving this analogy, the author then uses a popular persuasive writing tactic. He guesses the readers' probable question, and then answers it. the question was, if all you see is lines in Flatland, then how do you know what is what? He says that he will start answering the multiple-part answer to this question in the next chapter, by first describing the climate and houses in his "country."