These chapters of Voltaire’s Candide state the history of the characters. Since we’re already a couple of chapters in, I think it’s indispensable to comment on the first chapters to get a better foundation for this particular blog post. In the beginning, we understand that Candide is the bastard son of a high class, high powered Baron. As a member of the upper class, he is taught by the “best” teacher in the whole world. Pangloss is a very weird metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-nigologist since his philosophy is “everything happens for a reason” (ON CRACK!). In a certain occasion, I observed that Pangloss explains to Candide that he shouldn’t save an Anabaptist from drowning because the port was made for him to drown.
Other than this, I didn’t find the plot to be that interesting. Still, I have found myself enjoying the satire. I’ve laughed in numerous occasions.
As for the chapters that this blog consists of, we see that Candide encounters several bittersweet moments. He is told that the love of his life, Cunegonde, had her entrails ripped out. After this, we see the he encounters her in his journey and learns about her real ware bouts. Due to the fact that I haven’t understood the novel, I can’t make good observations about what is being read. Still, this was a short section so there isn’t much to hang on to.
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