Candide starts off in the beginning of the book with not much knowledge except for the knowledge Pangloss gave him. Pangloss, the castle’s tutor, was an optimistic who believed this world is the “best of all possible worlds.” Candide throughout the book questioned this belief but remained with it because of certain events. Candide love Cunegonde, the baron’s daughter, but she brought him much sorrow and misery. No matter what horrible things happened to Candide he always somehow got lucky or had some good fortune. Even when Candide thought the woman he loved was dead, he finds out she is still alive. This seemed to be the pattern in this book for Candide, one terrible thing after another would happen to him but he would always have someone who would help him or he would have some good outcome t

Candide gives you an important meaning of happiness and despair through the characters experiences. Candide and the other characters in the book had many ups and downs throughout the book which changed each character. Each character went through much hardship, but at the end of the book, all the characters found happiness by living a simple life.

Candide and Cacambo flee and find themselves in a strange country. They were confronted by a tribe known as Biglugs. They find out that Candide killed a Jesuit and they give them there greatest of hospitality. Candide reaffirms his belief in the perfection of the world. Candide and Cacambo then even get more good luck when they stubble upon the great city of Eldorado. After a month, Candide decides that he cannot stay in Eldorado as long as Cunegonde is not there. Candide and Cacambo take a lot of the riches they got in Eldorado and they left to buy Cunegonde from her new owner Don Fernando. Candide sent Cacambo to retrieve Cunegonde and the old woman while he tried to secure a passage to Venice. He was then robbed of his fortune by a man that offered his ship to Candide. The man ended up leaving without Candide, but with Candide’s fortune aboard. Although, Candide lost most of his fortune, he still had a good about of money.

During Venice’s Carnival season, Candide and Martin find Cacambo as a slave to six strangers. Cacambo tells Candide that he bought Cunegonde and the old woman from Don Fernando, but they were abducted by a pirate and the pirate sold them as slaves. Candide buys Cacambo’s freedom and they went to Turkey. On there way to Turkey, Candide recognizes two slaves as Pangloss and the baron. He buys there freedom too, and found that Pangloss survived his hanging and the baron survived his stab wound. Candide found Cunegonde and the old woman finally, but found Cunegonde to be very ugly. Even though he is very bothered from Cunegonde lost of beauty, he still kept his promise to her to marry her. The baron still did not agree with Candide marrying his sister Cunegonde, so Martin, Cacambo, and Candide sent the baron to become a slave again. When all of them were working on the farm, they all became unhappy for different reasons. Cunegonde was growing uglier every day and Candide was having trouble with Cunegonde. Everyone was becoming less and less happy with there life until they met a farmer who worked on a sm

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