An important theme of the story Flatlands is the idea that people are unable to accept the truth or change their perspective, and as a result, they do anything possible to reject it. Also, the people of Flatland believe that women and irregular figures should be treated disrespectfully. However, I felt that Abbott simply wanted the readers to find that to be absurd, but then realize that their reality isn’t a whole lot different than that. In other words, he wanted people to find that Flatland wasn’t a whole lot different that the world in the 1800s. Abbott’s strong feelings towards this women’s rights and minorities’ rights encouraged him to write Flatlands, and he wanted to illustrate the tendency of humans to reject the truth.
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He incorporated this several times in the story with the protagonist A.Square since he was faced with the truth several times. For instance, when the A.Square visits lineland he tries to discuss the properties of Flatland with the Monarch. No matter how much he tried explaining to the monarch that there is another motion besides left and right, the king rejected the idea. He responded furiously by stating, “can anything be more irrational or audios”, and this is a prime example of Abbott’s beliefs. The Monarch of Lineland was informed thoroughly of the truth but did what any human would of done which is declining the facts. Another example of when someone declined the truth was when A.Square met the Sphere of the three-dimension world. The sphere tried to describe the details of Spaceland, but all A.Square did was deny its existence. Even once he witnessed Spaceland, he questioned whether what he saw was true or not. Abbott’s beliefs are once again incorporated, since when Arthur was told of spaceland he felt there could be no such thing, and it was difficult for him to accept it even after witnessing it. Overall, Abbott uses A.Square’s experiences in Spaceland and Lineland to show that humans consistently reject any knowledge of a foreign truth when introduced to them. He was successful in that it made readers question whether or not that is true in the real
Abbott lived …show more content…
He incorporated this several times in the story with the protagonist A.Square since he was faced with the truth several times. For instance, when the A.Square visits lineland he tries to discuss the properties of Flatland with the Monarch. No matter how much he tried explaining to the monarch that there is another motion besides left and right, the king rejected the idea. He responded furiously by stating, “can anything be more irrational or audios”, and this is a prime example of Abbott’s beliefs. The Monarch of Lineland was informed thoroughly of the truth but did what any human would of done which is declining the facts. Another example of when someone declined the truth was when A.Square met the Sphere of the three-dimension world. The sphere tried to describe the details of Spaceland, but all A.Square did was deny its existence. Even once he witnessed Spaceland, he questioned whether what he saw was true or not. Abbott’s beliefs are once again incorporated, since when Arthur was told of spaceland he felt there could be no such thing, and it was difficult for him to accept it even after witnessing it. Overall, Abbott uses A.Square’s experiences in Spaceland and Lineland to show that humans consistently reject any knowledge of a foreign truth when introduced to them. He was successful in that it made readers question whether or not that is true in the real