Flatland, Section 5: riassunto
Section 5 di 22 · Part 1: This World · 7 min per leggere: section
In Section 5, the narrator explains how Flatlanders identify people through hearing and touch, despite seeing almost everyone as a line. He describes dangerous introductions, an ancestral accident, and schools that exploit low-angle Isosceles people, showing how recognition practices support social rank while leaving a third method unexplained.
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- The narrator explains that voices distinguish friends and some classes, but imitation and similar voices make hearing unreliable.
- Touch identifies most classes through a single angle, although polygons with many sides are harder to distinguish.
- Feeling requires stillness because a sudden movement can injure or kill the person making contact.
- The narrator recounts an ancestor’s accidental stabbing of a Polygon and the resulting setback to his family’s advancement.
- Schools teach angle recognition with chained Isosceles people, sometimes withholding food and replacing them monthly.
- The narrator judges touch more reliable than hearing but notes that its dangers encourage another method.
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Why must someone being identified by touch remain still?
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