“Candide” by François-Marie Arouet or best known as “Voltaire” is one of the most important novels in the world literature because it shows the reality in a strange satirical way (Braun, and Radner, 2005). The novel was translated into many languages because of it genre. Voltaire allows his readers to decide the satire to control the individuals then to guide them to a specific intentional point; to move them from illusion to the truth. This novel depicts the journey of the intellectual world regardless the problems of the life, and it focuses on the world of optimism rather than the world of pessimism but in a satirical way. Voltaire responds to Enlightenment in this novel, he used a naïve personality (Candide) to answer the question of the
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"Begone, rogue; begone, wretch; do not come near me again." (3.8-11). Voltaire satirizes gender roles and highlights the weakness of women in the 1800s. He employed three women to tell their problems of rape regardless their position in the society. All women in this novel suffered from rape because women’s rights in 1800’s were not gained powerfully, but women had a little power. For example, Cunegonde said, “I was a virgin! I did not remain so long; this flower, which had been reserved for the handsome Prince of Massa Carara, was plucked by the corsair captain." …show more content…
It is any of your business” (86). In this quotation, Candide tried to understand the reasons of human being creation, but ironically. The dervish closed the door and got back to his work. So Candide tried again to find answers to his questions. He met a Turk who told Candide that they cultivate the land to get food, he also added “with my children”. This shows the Voltaire’s style of criticizing the arrogance. So that, it could be clear why Candide said “We must cultivate our garden” (88). In this sentence, Voltaire clears the idea of simple life and how those people do not concern with other people’s affairs. On the other hand, this sentence indicates the new era that Candide decided to start. He pronounced that he is going to change the way he lives. He said that to expose the importance of working. In that sentence, he criticized the way of living in Europe that time and how they could change that way to successful people and to be a utopian society. Voltaire was not only a philosophical person but he also was a good writer when he depicted the naïve optimism as the absolute pessimism. Bothe of the naïve optimism and the absolute pessimism work as generators to help people live on the Earth. Working is
"Begone, rogue; begone, wretch; do not come near me again." (3.8-11). Voltaire satirizes gender roles and highlights the weakness of women in the 1800s. He employed three women to tell their problems of rape regardless their position in the society. All women in this novel suffered from rape because women’s rights in 1800’s were not gained powerfully, but women had a little power. For example, Cunegonde said, “I was a virgin! I did not remain so long; this flower, which had been reserved for the handsome Prince of Massa Carara, was plucked by the corsair captain." …show more content…
It is any of your business” (86). In this quotation, Candide tried to understand the reasons of human being creation, but ironically. The dervish closed the door and got back to his work. So Candide tried again to find answers to his questions. He met a Turk who told Candide that they cultivate the land to get food, he also added “with my children”. This shows the Voltaire’s style of criticizing the arrogance. So that, it could be clear why Candide said “We must cultivate our garden” (88). In this sentence, Voltaire clears the idea of simple life and how those people do not concern with other people’s affairs. On the other hand, this sentence indicates the new era that Candide decided to start. He pronounced that he is going to change the way he lives. He said that to expose the importance of working. In that sentence, he criticized the way of living in Europe that time and how they could change that way to successful people and to be a utopian society. Voltaire was not only a philosophical person but he also was a good writer when he depicted the naïve optimism as the absolute pessimism. Bothe of the naïve optimism and the absolute pessimism work as generators to help people live on the Earth. Working is