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Candide Chapter 15-30
Martin feels very out of place in this story to me. He’s a philosopher like Pangloss but he’s VERY different from him. The most obvious difference is that while Pangloss is optimistic Martin is the exact opposite, he is pessimistic. … Continue reading
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Candide
As i continued to read the book, Candide started to question Pangloss’s philosophy, that “everthing is for the best.” When he met the negro, whose left leg and right hand are cut off, he said:”Oh Pangloss!You had no notion … Continue reading
Candide
From the beginning of the story, we are told of Pangloss’s blind optimism. He justifies any evil occurrence that he meets, such as when Jacques drowns, he claims that the bay in which he drowns had been made just for … Continue reading
Candide, or Optimism
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 … Continue reading
Voltaire – “Candide or Optimism”
I felt like “Candide, or optimism” was a look into one man’s struggle with with accepting that evil does exist. In the best of circumstances we’d all like to be like Candide and Dr. Pangloss and believe that everything is … Continue reading
Anything You Can Do
When I reached the part of the old woman’s story in Candide, I couldn’t get the song of “anything you can do I can do better, I can do anything better that you” out of my head. In a way … Continue reading
Candide, By Voltaire Chapters 1-14
I have always imagined Volataire to eb a different, very philosophical writer after hearing about him in various history and english classes whether in High School or even progressing through College. I expected his works to be very abstarct and … Continue reading
Candide, or Optimism’ (Chapters 1-14)
When I first began to read this story I thought it was going to be a love story till it took a turn for the worst. Candide went through so much after … Continue reading
Voltaire’s Cancide, or Optimism Chapters 1-14
Here is yet another satirical work by one of the enlightenment thinkers. Voltaire certainly mocks many notions throughout these chapters, but his focus is certainly on the philosophical teachings by Dr. Pangloss. Pangloss mentions that this is the “best of … Continue reading