Hypocrisy: The World Religion According to Voltaire “Candide”, or the most monotonous baffling time consuming short satire ever constructed according to the author of this essay, is a French satire published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher in the Age of Enlightenment. Candide, meaning “innocent”, is fitting for the name of the protagonist in this story. At first he is very sheltered from the rest of the world and a tad bit ignorant. He believes his castle is the most heavenly prospering place in the great big world, but finds out quickly, as he is booted out of the land, that perhaps it’s not. He gets caught in a naughty situation with Cunegonde, the baron’s daughter. He then finds himself on his own, unknowing to the numerous adventures
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Discovering perhaps Voltaire’s biggest point to the story, which is the world is not that great and not that bad, is more than likely the one thing that Voltaire wanted most people to take out of his satire. On the other hand, if the reader digs a little deeper than most, it is very apparent there were other things addressed this story. The second most substantial point addressed in this story is religion and not just religion as a whole, but the hypocrisy religion. Candide runs across a plethora of characters, but none being more abundant as a group than religious figures. Although he begins with blind expectations of the world and religion, Candide shortly realizes that religion can be very hypocritical in the forms of: a daughter of a pope, a mistress harboring Catholic Inquisitor with pyromaniac ambitions, a thieving Franciscan …show more content…
He confronts many topics like women and their roles, the objectification of them, and prejudice, but none being more important than religion. After reading all of this one can only assume that Voltaire was extremely displeased with the hierarchy of the religious leaders and figures of the time. It was very apparent that he set out in “Candide” to shed light on these irritations. Even though Candide goes through so much turmoil throughout the story it does have a happy ending. He, and others he picks up on the way to the end, settle down on a farm a begin their own garden. Candide even marries Cunegonde despite her immense repulsiveness by the end of the story in regard to her beauty. He learns perhaps the most important virtue to have and that being work can solve most of humanity’s
Discovering perhaps Voltaire’s biggest point to the story, which is the world is not that great and not that bad, is more than likely the one thing that Voltaire wanted most people to take out of his satire. On the other hand, if the reader digs a little deeper than most, it is very apparent there were other things addressed this story. The second most substantial point addressed in this story is religion and not just religion as a whole, but the hypocrisy religion. Candide runs across a plethora of characters, but none being more abundant as a group than religious figures. Although he begins with blind expectations of the world and religion, Candide shortly realizes that religion can be very hypocritical in the forms of: a daughter of a pope, a mistress harboring Catholic Inquisitor with pyromaniac ambitions, a thieving Franciscan …show more content…
He confronts many topics like women and their roles, the objectification of them, and prejudice, but none being more important than religion. After reading all of this one can only assume that Voltaire was extremely displeased with the hierarchy of the religious leaders and figures of the time. It was very apparent that he set out in “Candide” to shed light on these irritations. Even though Candide goes through so much turmoil throughout the story it does have a happy ending. He, and others he picks up on the way to the end, settle down on a farm a begin their own garden. Candide even marries Cunegonde despite her immense repulsiveness by the end of the story in regard to her beauty. He learns perhaps the most important virtue to have and that being work can solve most of humanity’s