Brief Summary Of Isoscele's 'Flatlands'

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Flatlands starts off with a square as the narrator explaining the world he lives in. For example, the square explains that the women in his world are lines, dangerous and idiotic. The lines let their emotions get the best of them constantly and will sometimes kill their husbands and have no recollection of what they have done. The men in the square´s world are all polygons, and the more sides they have, the more prestigious they are to society. In this, isosceles triangles are the lowest class, while circles are considered nobility. Squares in society are lawyers, while pentagons are doctors, and the more sides a shape has, they are higher up in things such as government and leadership. This world the square lives in, is considered the