Flatland, Section 7: Zusammenfassung

Was geschieht

1. The narrator defines bodily regularity through equal sides and explains how it supports recognition by sight and touch.
2. Imagined encounters with unequal figures illustrate his fears about blocked doorways, collisions, and dangerous crowds.
3. Critics describe how family rejection, surveillance, confinement, and exclusion damage the character of Irregulars.
4. The narrator rejects their argument and defends restrictive laws as necessary for collective safety.
5. He opposes automatic execution for small deviations at birth but recommends death when medical treatment offers little hope.

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The narrator acknowledges suffering but makes collective interests his justification for it. This principle supports his defense of discriminatory laws.

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