Flatland, Section 1 요약

줄거리

1. The narrator describes Flatland through the image of moving shapes confined to a sheet of paper.
2. He explains that its inhabitants see lines rather than the complete outlines of different figures.
3. A penny and cardboard shapes illustrate how objects appear flattened when viewed exactly at table level.
4. He compares this restricted view with sailors seeing distant land as a single gray line.
5. Flatland lacks shadow-producing light, and approaching figures appear only as lines that increase in size.
6. The narrator postpones explaining personal recognition and announces a discussion of climate and houses.

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