Fictitious elements in literature may be more realistic than one thinks and the concept of dystopia is no exception. Within the novella "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" by Edwin Abbott Abbott, there exists a world known as "Flatland". Flatland is a quaint world. It is a world where shapes act out the roles of various social classes, a world where everything is geometric. However, despite Flatland's mundane description upon closer inspection, it can be seen that Flatland's social hierarchy
presents his problems and solutions in one abstract and abnormally creative way, through the anecdotal problem of him trying to find a wall in his house to paint upon, and the discoveries he makes while lying in bed. From this he expands indefinitely in many directions. Two main points are made here. One: society has gained a backwards and unethical understanding on societal importances on human appearance, of both outer looks and the appearance of your life or lifestyle, and moral. As Chesterton claims