Chapter 13, How I Had a Vision of Lineland Summary

A. Square dreams one evening of a land unfamiliar to him. In this land, there appear to be many straight lines and points, all of whom move in a single, straight, directional line, and chirp occasionally. Certain he is seeing Women, A. Square attempts to speak to them, and is ignored. Angered, he positions his mouth directly in line with one woman, and is amazed to discover he is addressing the King of Lineland, a new dimension. Lineland, according to the Monarch, or King, is made of men, straight lines, and Women, the small points. Being in Lineland, no being can move above or below, and thus, must continue to move in a single directional line. Thus, if one is next to man A currently, one will remain next...