Flatland and the Fourth Dimension Prompt:Analyze a concept derived or inspired by Flatland, written by Edwin A. Abbot, supported by information about the novel to demonstrate comprehension.

Living in a three-dimensional world does not enable one to visualize or physically experience anything more than three dimensions. Some people believe that because of this time, "a non-spatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future" is a strong candidate for the 4th dimension, while others believe it can't be visualized or physically experienced so it is not (Dictionary). Though opinions may differ, it …

…be interpreted. Abbot was ahead of his time. Though he may have attempted to spark society in his time to question the unknown with his novel Flatland in the mid 1880's, it would have been more suited for society today that lives in a world that is taught to question the unknown and figure out the answers to the surrounding mysteries. In part, because of this novel, people are beginning to question the fourth dimension.