... syphilis. Yet, when Candide remarks on Pangloss's poor state, the philosopher simply remarks that it is for the best. He rationalizes that since the transmission of the syphilis could be traced back to the New World, and Christopher Columbus also brought back chocolate from the New World, all had worked to the best possible ends. Upon reading such a ridiculous anecdote one ... aspect of their world. A proposal, that proved in the situation of Jacques, to be quite fatal. Pangloss's ridiculous optimism continues straight on till the last pages of the novel. After Candide, Pangloss, and all...

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... ? They decide to take a canoe down the river where they end up in Oompa Loompa Land, the "perfect- city of green jelly beans. It's chocolate and rock candy are delicious, they have so many nuts and fruity fillings that Candide gains twenty pounds. Oompa Loompa Land has no jails, war, or starvation, quite opposite from the world Candide left behind. "This is very different form ... Westphalia and the castle of His Lordship the Baron; if our friend ... Pangloss had seen Oompa Loompa Land, he would not have said that the ... ...

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... fit it. He even goes so far as to suggest that the syphilis he is infected with is a blessing because the disease is accompanied with the discovery of chocolate and the New World. Also, he sees himself being burnt at the stake and being chained in a boat as good things. However, the real mocking of the whole European fixation with Leibnizian optimism does not rest in Pangloss" ignorance ... them kiss, and is so disgusted because someone from a lower class should not dare pursue his noble daughter. Lucky for Candide, her father is then killed by a war that was happening at the time. Late...

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... Pangloss simply responds, "Not at all" (Voltaire 1552) then continuing to state that if there were no diseases, "We should have neither chocolate nor cochineal"" (Voltaire 1552). The fact that Pangloss encounters all of the mishaps and misfortunes that come along his path and still maintains his philosophical optimistic views is humorous in itself. Pangloss's optimism cannot be tarnished, ... for this reason. Candide illustrates the means in which Voltaire could voice his dissatisfaction. With most philosophies of the eighteenth century, war was considered the most terrible and ignorant...

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