Candide's Journey

In Candide, the author, Arouet de Voltaire, tells the story of a troubled man. This character, Candide, grows up believing he lives a luxurious lifestyle with his family. Although, he never experiences the outside world until he gets thrown out of the “castle”. From there he encounters many tribulations that make his journey a lot harder. Candide survives with the help of mentors throughout his life. He believes his life is perfect because he is unaware of his surroundings, but in reality his life is in shambles. Overall, he loses people along his trips and endures several difficulties that enable him from finding his true love in the end. From the start, this story was written in 1759, and is still popular today. It reflects how people can be blind from the outside world. Many people today focus solely on their own lives and not the rest of the world and slowly start becoming unaware of their surroundings like Candide. He is unfamiliar with the outside world and finds himself lost when he experiences the “real world”. This is an example of when people today move out of their houses once they reach adulthood. Today most …show more content…
He is forced to join the army because he has the right height for the Bulgars. Voltaire states “you are now a Bulwark” to show that they drafted Candide into the army (522). This shows that even though Candide was not qualified to fight or had never fought before was volunteered to fight. People today enlist in the army even though there is not a draft. Although there used to be a draft showing the similarity within the story of Candide. However, he escaped the army in order to find Cunegonde. This is an example that Candide would surrender fighting for the King in order to find his true love. The audience can infer that he would do anything to marry his cousin. Overall this shows that Candide suffers many troubles through his life but sacrifices everything to be with