The Enlightenment Period was the period I most enjoyed, because it was the beginning of critical thinking coming into literature. This period for me seemed to start all other periods of literature, and the writings within this period was the start of making people think and act for themselves. The text we read within this period that I most enjoyed was actually two “Candide” and “Oroonoko”. These two text both questioned the way of life, “Oroonoko” was so thought provoking with the Prince until the very end trying to keep his humanity even while being treated like a second rate human. “Candide” on the other hand was a man that embodied a fool always following the three vices and never trying to make do with what he had. Both text embodied the
