Candide - All is Not for the Best

Voltaire's Candide is the story of an innocent man's experiences in a sickish and evil world, his seek to survive in that world, and his need to eventually come to terms with it. All bulk experience the fervor of life and must overcome obstacles, both natural and man-made, in order to eventually achieve happiness. In life, "man must prevail a medium between what Martin (scholar and companion to Candide) calls the "convulsions of fretfulness" and the "lethargy of boredom"" (Richter 137). After a long and difficult struggle in which Candide is forced to overcome misfortune to find happiness, he concludes that all is not well (as he has previously been taught by his tutor, Dr. Pangloss), and that he must work in order to find even a small amount of pleasure in life. Candide grows up in the Castle of Westphalia and is taught by the learned philosopher, Dr. Pangloss. Candide is unawares exiled from the castle when found kissing the Baron's daughter, Cunegonde. Devastated by the insularity from Cunegonde, his true love, Candide sets out to different places in the hope of finding her and achieving total happiness. On his journey, he faces a number of misfortunes, among them world tortured during army training, yet he continues to believe that at that place is a "cause and effect" for everything.



Candide is reunited with Cunegonde, and regains a life of prosperity, merely soon all is taken away, including his beloved Cunegonde. He travels on, and long time later he finds her again, solely she is now fat and ugly. His riches is all gone and so is his love for the Baron's daughter. throughout Candide, we see how evaluate situations and not trying to change or overcome obstacles can be damaging. Life is full-of-the-moon of struggles, but it would be nonproductive if people passively accepted any(prenominal) fate had in store for them, shrugging off their personal responsibility. Voltaire believes that people should not allow themselves to be victims. He sneers at naive, accepting types, informing us that... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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