Midterm Questions

1. Compare and contrast the texts, “Bartleby, the Scrivener” and “Narrative of the Life”. How do they relate to Enlightenment?

2. Analyze “I prefer not to.” Why does Bartleby always “prefers not to?”

CANDIDE, OR OPTIMISM

  1. Candide’s life came crashing down when he decided to express his feelings at the wrong time(#@thedinnertable).
  2. STRANGER DANGER!
  3. Run Candide Run!
  4. The resurrection of Candide’s philosophy master
  5. Even when the going gets tough, be proactive not reactive.
  6. When the going gets tough, it gets tougher
  7. Cunegonde’s back from the dead?
  8. Mournful Cunegonde
  9. After Candide killed both Inquisitor and the Jew, they were trying to figure out how to get rid from the house
  10. How they made it to the other place with nothing, and the introduction to the old lady’s story
  11. the woman experienced the life from heaven to hell
  12. Woman was bought and sold like goods.
  13. How Cunegonde two-timed Candide and kicked him to the street
  14. Candide and Cacambo’s big OMG moment in Paraguay