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A. Square and A. Kauth

Submitted by anonstudent01 on Thu, 10/04/2007 - 10:15am.
I think that flatland reinfornces the idea that the success of a story becoming fact is based on how many people believe your story. Galileo's was gradually accepted and now is recognized the world over as truth. A. Square's story of a 4th dimension was not accepted and threw off his life completely. His story remained only a story while Galileo's brought everyone along with it. 
The entire time I spend reading Flatland I kept thinking about how long one should hold onto their story if no one else accepts it. When A. Square went looking for converts it reminded me of the many wacky prophets of our time who have accepted a story as their own reality and want other people to accept it as well. In they succeed then the prophet's/ story teller's existence is validated, if not then they are just a lunatic living out a lie. 
How many times should you revise and re-revise your story? If your revised story is accepted by many does it still reflect your original idea or is it separate from your personal reality? 
This book was very interesting and made me consider the different levels in the universe and the possibility therefore of varying levels of truth and understanding.  

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