candide by voltaire
Voltaire's Candide is a novel which contains conceptual ideas and at the
same time is also exaggerated. Voltaire offers sad themes disguised by
jokes and witticism, and the story itself presents a distinctive outlook
on life. The crucial contrast in the story deals with irrational ideas
as taught to Candide about being optimistic, versus reality as viewed by
the rest of the world.
The main theme which is presented throughout the novel is optimism.
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it,
like when the people he cared for were harmed. Candide became more
independent and learned to form his own opinions. He would look at the
world and say exactly what he saw, and in every situation where Pangloss
is absent, Candide would refer to Pangloss' spirit: "What would Pangloss
think?" Over time Candide realized that "Pangloss cruelly deceived
[him] when he told [him] that all is for the best in this world "
(Voltaire p.43).
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