Flatland story
Flatland (also released as Flatland: The Film and Flatland the film) is a 2007 computer-animated film based on the 1884 novella Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott. Synopsis: A square inhabiting a two-dimensional world becomes enlightened to the existence of both lower and higher dimensional worlds.
22 total · 3 choice · 6 major · 13 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| having a preconception challenged | choice | After initially refusing to even entertain the notion of three-dimensions, the two-dimensional hero of the story "A Square" had his mind opened to the reality of the existence of a three-dimensional world. |
| two-dimensional being | choice | The story follows a square, by the convenient name of A Square, as he comes to understand that there is more (or less as the case might be) to the cosmos than the 2D surface in which he and everything he ever knew reside. |
| two-dimensional space | choice | A main novelty of the film is the 2D world in which it is primarily set. |
| caste system | major | In Flatland, one's lot in life was determined the number of sides you have - the more sides the better. |
| facing persecution by the government | major | Chromatists (i.e., Flatlanders who colored their sides as they pleased) were persecuted by the backward looking Flatland government. A Square was among those persecuted by the authorities for proclaiming "The Gospel of Three Dimensions". |
| prejudice in society | major | The Chromatists were a vocal but discriminated against minority in Flatland. |
| sexism in society | major | The women of Flatland being ditsy lines under the domination of polygonic men is understood to be a satire on latent sexist tendencies in society. |
| sociocultural issue | major | Flatlander society was torn over whether individual Flatlanders should have the right to color their sides as they saw fit. |
| war | major | Much was made of the Great Southern Republic of Flatland going to war against an enemy state, known as the Northern Kingdom. |
| brother and brother | minor | A Square sought to find his brother, B Square, in the wake of the riots. |