I was apart of group 3 yesterday and one of the sentences that we put up for Candide is,” when the going gets tough, it gets tougher” We put that statement for Candide to illustrate his luck, nonetheless, I’ve came to know Candide as a man with a bag of misfortune.
Candides’ misfortune is exemplified in the beginning of Chapter 15. The chapter opens up with the Jesuit baron which is the brother of his long lost love Cunegonde; the Jesuit is sharing a personal story of how he escaped death as a young lad with his sister, the irony here is as the Jesuit is taking a stand against Candide regarding his sister he faces his death from the hand of Candide.
They say what goes around comes around, Candide tries to change his karma by rescuing two naked women; he fails. However, Candide was hopeful as his name implies, but sadly when he goes to examine the monkeys that he thought were going to hurt the ladies, he realizes they were their lovers. Candide has terrible luck and the rest of the reading he is faced with many more ups and downs, he has a Candide approach with all situations but everything flops. Poor Candide.
I also think Candide is a very unlucky person, because he just wanted his love, but he killed his brother-in-law, which makes him to be away from his love. After that, his life was getting more terrible, because everyplace that he arrived, there were always bad things happened on him. However, he never gave up and tried best to figure out the problem. At the end of story, even though, he lived in simple life which is not ready he wants to be, he got his life in safe. I also believe that we should not give up in any bad condition, because where always can be fine after you solved it.