Flatland Summary: Chapter 5

In chapter five we discover that in Flatland, the inhabitants cannot see one another like we do. But there is still discrimination present between social classes and sexes. How does this happen? Those in Flatland have a few methods of distinguishing one another but the most popular are, feeling , the process of feeling each others' angles to determine social class, and looking to see where two lines incline, thus creating an angle. The process of feeling may sound rigorous, but it is taught in schools at a young age. Feeling also requires carefulness, and can prove fatal even by the most seemingly insignificant mistake.