All throughout Candide, Voltaire writes in satire against religion, war, and politics. Throughout his adventures, Candide finds the follies of humanity that he was sheltered from in the utopia of Thunder-ten Tronckh. Candide is exposed to the corruption of humanity and the horrors of war, finding error in Dr. Pangloss’s philosophy and coming to find his own happiness in simplicity. Many of the satires in Candide can be applied to the current state of the world, particularly those about incompetent leaders and corrupt politicians. In Chapter 13, Cunegonde, Candide, and the old woman make their way to Buenos Ayres and meet the governor, named “Don Fernando d’Ibaraa, y Figueora, y Mascarenes, y Lampourdos, y Souza” (Voltaire 31). The governor
