When I first started reading this story I thought to myself “here goes another boring story that I won’t understand”, but I was wrong. A story filled with violence and how true love can overcome anything had me hooked. With every page came another twist like when Candide was reunited with Pangloss and eventually Cunegonde. Voltaire made Candide a character who cheated death many times and found a way to move on time after time in search of a world where all is well.
The idea of cause and effect repeated itself throughout the story and Candide believed everything happens for a purpose throughout all his journeys . Pangloss’ philosophy that for every bad thing that happens one must look at the positive side effects of it also recurred. This philosophy kept Candide going and I believe it is true because no matter how bad things get there’s always something positive waiting in the end.
