Or that the Everlasting has not fix’d

His Cannon ‘gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God!

How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable

Seem to be all the uses of this world.”

This quote from the 17th century play Hamlet is an expression of disgust with the world. Hamlet seems dismayed and appalled with the way the world is going. Shakespeare, the novelist was trying to point out that there are issues in the world that must be answered. Shakespeare believed that action must be taken for a change to occur with the troubles of the world. Likewise, in 1755 Voltaire, author of the novel Candide expresses the same detestation of the similar situations in the world. Voltaire brings attention to horrors such as natural disasters, war, violence, sickness and disease, and religious wars. He exemplifies these horrific occurrences in hope that things may change for the future. Unfortunately, these terrible disturbances can even be observed in 21st century today. They have become universal and timeless and will continue to plague the world unles

What exactly then must happen for these timeless and universal disasters to end before they put and end to the world? Voltaire’s answer was to individually act upon all of these horrors. “We must cultivate our gardens,” is what he really was trying to tell his readers. He believed that each individual is a good person. If enough of these take individual efforts to change the world just a little bit, as a whole we will have a better world. If for example if enough people stop retaliating violent act with violence then the majority would cease continuing to kill one another. They would get the point that massive war and brutality towards one another is not the way to answer and problems. Voltaire’s solution seems so easy, though in a world as vast and diversified as today’s it becomes harder and harder each day for people to change. The thought of one person making a difference in such a huge world seems almost funny. Despite that fact, goodness will eventually prevail. Unfortunately for now, horrors such as natural disasters, war, violence, sickness and disease, and religious wars will continue to be a problem in the near future. In due time, generations upon generations from now, humans will realize that Voltaire’s solution is in fact universal and timeless and with hopefully bring about world peace one day or another.

The 21st century brings about new events and people. However, the war and violence is the same as in 1755. Everyday the newspapers, television, and radio bring the public stories of violence and war between people for ethnic, religious and sometimes no reason at all. One of the most recent and shocking stories of the 21st century is the September 11th attack on New York’s own World Trade Center (WTC). Afghani

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