Mankind creates all of the constructs that it places upon itself, negatively impacting their experience in this world. Corruption in government, religion, and even romance are all things that someone can take steps to avoid but chose not to because one feels the desire and lust for power and other idiotic things, and in the midst, think they are pursuing a happy life. Candide is a satirical novel written by Voltaire, that highlights and exposes this false logic. The book can and still will have different interpretations. It explicitly shows this is about two things hypocrisy and corruption and then he uses this as a vehicle to attack religion, government, war, and romance. Blind optimism will be challenged at every stage in a person’s
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Well Candide is on his search for the lovely Miss Cunegonde he is with his mentor and master of philosophy, Pangloss, he sees Pangloss get hung and an old woman takes him in shelters, feeds, and nurses him back to health. This old woman eventually takes him to Miss Cunegonde and they find themselves with the old woman fleeing to Cadiz on horses. The old woman is explaining why her life is a great deal worse the Miss Cunegonde’s life and says “I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but was still fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our worst instincts” (p.50). The old woman in herself was her own hypocrisy. She was the daughter of Pope Urban X and popes are supposed to be celibate because they are married to the church, but not in this case. Well most monarchies have accepted Pangloss’ philosophy she does not because she has seen all the wrongs that have gone on in the world including her mother being torn apart. She is not blindly optimistic in order to live in spite of all the things that she has …show more content…
Candide at this point has traveled all over Europe and some parts of South America to look for Miss Cunegonde. He has given up the perfect life in El Dorado to go search for what he believes will make his life complete. Candide does not act like how he should when he finally meets the once lovely Miss Cunegonde that he so willingly gave up everything for. Candide believes himself to be better that Miss Cunegonde at this point and says, “yet I condescend to marry her; and will you presume to oppose the match” (p.125)? Candide has chased blind optimism across the continents just to be let down and eventually not even want to marry Miss Cunegonde. Candide is a fool for wanting something that is so wrong but his blind optimism has gotten the best of him. He chased something that he knew was wrong, left behind all the great things that he has had all for the will to live because he was brought up to believe that this is how life is supposed to
Well Candide is on his search for the lovely Miss Cunegonde he is with his mentor and master of philosophy, Pangloss, he sees Pangloss get hung and an old woman takes him in shelters, feeds, and nurses him back to health. This old woman eventually takes him to Miss Cunegonde and they find themselves with the old woman fleeing to Cadiz on horses. The old woman is explaining why her life is a great deal worse the Miss Cunegonde’s life and says “I have been a hundred times on the point of killing myself, but was still fond of life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our worst instincts” (p.50). The old woman in herself was her own hypocrisy. She was the daughter of Pope Urban X and popes are supposed to be celibate because they are married to the church, but not in this case. Well most monarchies have accepted Pangloss’ philosophy she does not because she has seen all the wrongs that have gone on in the world including her mother being torn apart. She is not blindly optimistic in order to live in spite of all the things that she has …show more content…
Candide at this point has traveled all over Europe and some parts of South America to look for Miss Cunegonde. He has given up the perfect life in El Dorado to go search for what he believes will make his life complete. Candide does not act like how he should when he finally meets the once lovely Miss Cunegonde that he so willingly gave up everything for. Candide believes himself to be better that Miss Cunegonde at this point and says, “yet I condescend to marry her; and will you presume to oppose the match” (p.125)? Candide has chased blind optimism across the continents just to be let down and eventually not even want to marry Miss Cunegonde. Candide is a fool for wanting something that is so wrong but his blind optimism has gotten the best of him. He chased something that he knew was wrong, left behind all the great things that he has had all for the will to live because he was brought up to believe that this is how life is supposed to