El Salvador

Cacambo are astonished after a meal with the merchants of Eldorado at the thought of the jewels being worthless in their eyes. Candide and Cacambo soon discover many other outstanding features of El Dorado that are absent from European civilization such as education for all people and embracing the king. Both El Dorado and Westphalia are described as paradise by Voltaire in the beginning when they are both introduced in the novel. However, Candide left each paradise for different reasons and…

and purpose of how governments and control over societies should be handled. These ideas are ever apparent within the books of Candide and Letters on England. Voltaire presents his reasoning and thus tone on religion. He also brings up the prospect of El Dorado, this Heaven on Earth, leaving us with the question of whether such a place actually could exist.…

Satire is used in literature to criticize and point out society’s flaws. The criticism is usually masked in humour. Irony is commonly used in satires to expose flaws, an effective example is John Smith’s A Modest Proposal, in this essay he effectively uses irony, to communicate his argument about the poverty in Ireland. Similarly, in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale she criticizes the society that women live in. Atwood uses satire to display the oppression of women in political, religious…

Drinking was always a part of my life until one night that changed everything. It was a long night that into the next day. I started drinking when I was 14 and it steadily escalated into something out of control. In school I never really fit and was usually teased for different reasons. This eventually led to me becoming depressed. I don’t remember why I decided to try alcohol just that in the moments when I would drink I felt better about life. This steadily became more as getting a hold…

avoid discovery from the Spaniards and other European countries for hundreds of years. The people of El Dorado established a rule that prohibited inhabitants from leaving the kingdom. It was a self-imposed exile that "preserved [their] innocence and [their] happiness" (Voltaire 40). Moreover, nobody in El Dorado dies because of contending religious ideologies because only one religion rules supreme. El Dorado is the quintessential cultivated garden, but alas, no Cunégonde! Despite Voltaire…

Ah. Raydonia. A little green planet in the Outer Rim. It was quiet and peaceful...until the Empire came. "Three Credits," grumbles Ralgadorr, and I snap back into reality. And reality is at the market in the Capital City, as I try to make a deal with Ralgadorr Morra. He's an old Beslisk who cooks for Morra's Cafe. He's not all that friendly, but he'll talk to you if there's fresh meat involved. "Three Credits for a Blase Tree Goat?" I say, crossing my arms. Great. Even though they aren't hard to…

Vivar with Superman, a fictional character, a comic book superhero and famous movies. The legend of El Cid sits in the era of the Middle Ages around the twelfth century, when society was divided into fiefs or kingdoms preceded by a King, who dominated a given territory and engaged in the defense and protection of its people. The subjects, in turn, pay taxes to contribute to the King in such objectives. El Cid was not a conflict but was extraordinarily brave and loyal to their King character. He…

league baseball teams and the name El Paso Chihuahuas caught my attention. Looking up their front office staff on their website I seen that Angela Olivas is the Director, Marketing and Communications for the team. So I decided to contact her and was able to talk to her first hand the moment I called. Being that she is women and of Mexican descent I was very excited to have her as my interviewee to get her insight.…

Love can make us do crazy things. It can take us on life changing journeys, sometimes even journeys that take us across the world. Love can sometimes weigh us down, if it isn’t good for us or returned to us. It can hinder our judgements or even alter our beliefs altogether. But in the end we must decide if love is worth the ups and downs. Whether we should put ourselves, our very hearts, on the line in the hopes of finding a love that will endure a lifetime. In this paper I will explain the…

François-Marie Arouet, whose pen name is Voltaire, quickly became known for his sarcasm, wit, and outspokenness. Voltaire wrote slanderous poems about the French regent and the duke of Orleans thus landing him in prison in Bastille. To avoid imprisonment for a second time, Voltaire chose to flee to England. There he devoutly studied English society and was particularly impressed by their constitutional monarchy and their religious freedom. In 1755 the Earthquake of Lisbon struck. In 1756, the…