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    In Candide‚ Voltaire created an intelligent‚ satirical‚ and in-depth argument against many popular philosophies of the day. He used his own personal correspondence with friends as a basis for many of his character‚ including using the Duchess of Saxe-Gotha as a basic outline for the character of Dr. Pangloss. In contrast with some scholar’s arguments‚ the character of Pangloss is not intended to be an irredeemable‚ maleficent‚ or essentially stupid character. He is a complex man who echoes a popular

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    Pangloss and Martin: Fate and Reality As far as my simple self could deduce from Voltaire’s CandidePangloss and Martin are as different as they are wise when it comes to the brightness or‚ in Martin’s case‚ the darkness with which they view the world. Pangloss is evidently a man of knowing and has put much thought into his philosophy that “everything is for the best in the physical as well as the moral universe and nothing could be otherwise…”Quite the optimist‚ he went about life accepting

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    2/09/13 Candide Candide is a very interesting book of the 18th century by Voltaire. Voltaire was a French enlightenment writer and was known for his criticism of religion in a satirical way. Candide is a French satire about society and religion. Candide is about a young man who grows up in a Baron’s castle under care of a scholar Pangloss. Candide is seen kissing the Baron’s daughter Cunegonde. He is therefor kicked out of the castle and must face the world he knows so little about. Candide leaves

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    Candide 1. Voltaire satirizes war and the Church in his novella‚ Candide. War is depicted as unnecessary‚ and something that only brings pain and the worst out of most people. While escaping the Bulgarian army who “whipped (him) six-and-thirty times through all the regiment” (Ch. 2) for taking a walk‚ Candide witnesses absolute devastation and death in an “Abare village which the Bulgarians had burnt according to the laws of war” (Ch. 3). And when he escaped that village‚ he entered a Bulgarian

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    Candide Pangloss and his student Candide maintain that “everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds”. This idea of optimism is a version of the 19th century philosophies of Enlightenment age. Voltaire does not accept that a perfect God has to exist‚ so he can afford to mock the idea that the world must be completely good‚ and he uses satire on this idea throughout the novel. The optimists‚ Pangloss and Candide ‚ suffer and witness a wide variety of horrors-floggings‚ rapes‚ robberies

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    Does Candide Change? Candide has many encounters and travels through many places that help to lead him to his final statement‚ which shows that he wants to pursue his own happiness and not just let things happen the way they are apparently meant to happen without explanation. Throughout the novel‚ we see how Candide changes when he travels throughout the world‚ the events that have the greatest impact on him‚ and how he becomes different at the end of the story. Candide is a young man

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    Candide is a French satire novel written by Voltaire during the Enlightenment period. The novel tells the life story of Candide‚ a young and honest man from Westphalia. He falls in love with Cundegonde ‚ the beautiful daughter of the Baron of the Thunder-ten-Thronckh. Later he is forced to leave Westphalia therefore begins his adventures throughout many different countries. Throughout his advantures‚ Candide’s beliefs and experiences have changed dramatically. The novel reflects a type of writing

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    The world Candide lives in seems to be filled with horror and despair that includes robberies‚ rapes‚ unjust executions‚ and betrayals. A constant optimistic view is portrayed by Pangloss‚ the philosopher‚ although the cruelty is unbearable. Pangloss displays admirable qualities‚ constantly portraying his views that everything happens for a reason and everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds. I believe that he shows great qualities by always keeping a mindset of optimism regardless

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    Candide Paper In this passage‚ Candide is first hand observing the suffering and abuse of a slave‚ while on his march with Cacambo to a Dutch town. The poor negro slave has lost his arm and leg by trying to escape the mistreatment from his master. Candide is sympathetic of this slave and does not understand how things could be well when everything appears to be like hell. Candide is beginning to question Panlgoss’s theory‚ “this is the best of all possible worlds‚” and his own optimism after observing

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    In Candide‚ Voltaire sought to point out the flaws of Gottfried William von Leibniz’s theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the inaction toward the evils of the world. Voltaire’s use of satire‚ and its techniques of exaggeration and contrast highlight the evil and brutality of war and the world in general when men are meekly accepting their fate. Leibniz‚ a German philosopher and mathematician of Voltaire’s time‚ developed the idea that the world they were living in at that time was

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