Flatland Reflection

Flatland Reflection
By: Megan woody

While reading Flatland, my mind drifted towards a religious perspective when the sphere ripped Edwin Abbot out of his second dimension and into the overwhelming third dimension. Even though it took a while to actually piece together what the heck the author was saying, it was quite amazing the connection I made when it hit me. So when the sphere tries to get Edwin to look up and understand the third dimension the first thing I thought of was how God does things and tries to get us to comprehend what is going on. Some things He can’t explain to us, so he just has to show us. This is like what the sphere did; he ripped Edwin Abbott right out of the second dimension and into the third in order to get him to
Some experiences might be good, but we mostly see the bad ones. I know I’ve had bad things happen to me and I just wanted to ask God “what did I do to deserve this?”, but then something great always comes out of the badness. I connected that with Edwin’s experience of being dragged into the third dimension. He said that it was a horrible experience, that it felt like hell. Of course, just like God, the sphere had a plan and he knew that there would be suffering, but that would soon subside. Well it did, and Edwin was in the most amazing place he had ever been in his existence. So I felt that this exact scene in the book really helped me better understand not only God’s ways but why things may happen. My situation right now with my dad, for example, is more clear to me because of this book. When we first found out that dad doesn’t have long, all I could think is ‘he doesn’t deserve this, why is this happening to us? To him? To me?’. I couldn’t get it through my head that something good has to come out of this, there just has to. So I have put everything, my suffering and my doubts, into the Lord’s hands so that I can go on and be with my dad for these last few steps to the top of his staircase we call