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."