Candide Character Analysis

The main character Candide went through many hardships throughout the literature. He always had the attitude of a very understanding and positive person. Candide loved to live. He thought he lived in the best of worlds, in the best of towns there was. This was not the fact. Candide went through many hardship he had to overcome. This would test his positive outlook on his life. Throughout the story Candide comes upon many different people who would lead him on different journeys. These things combined would try to change his love for life. The relationships that Candide developed through the literature have a great impact on what happened. One of his first acquaintances is Pangloss. This relationship is where Candide learned his view of life. He learned from Pangloss that they lived on the “best of all possible worlds”. Candide treats this view with great faith. I believe this is where Candide first demonstrated his great positive outlook on every situation. This developed his great optimism that he will continue to have throughout the rest of the story. His view that he lives in the best of all worlds is tested. After Candide becomes banished by the baron, he makes it to the next town. There two men find him, feed
Voltaire refers to her and the “lovely Cunegonde”. She is not lovely in any way. She thinks more for herself than anyone else, including Candide. She will take him through many hardships and even lead him into killing someone. Candide is madly in love with Cunegonde. She takes him through twists and turns. Candide will do anything to make Cunegonde happy. However, in the literature she ends up marrying Don Fernando. This would be like a stab in the back. Even though the old women said it would help with Candide and Cunegonde fortune. I believe that Cunegonde would just use Candide for his support and other things he had to offer.