... here and there every heart bounded with gaiety, and every eye sparkled with terror. It would require the pencil of a master to trace in all its dark coloring, that picture of calamity and horror, which Paris presented at this period. The citizens in general saw with stupefied terror processions of death which daily encumbered the streets, and the feelings of sympathy and ... feudal country with class division. People were divided into three classes. The First class consisted of the clergy. The Second class consisted of the nobility. The Third class included the bourgeoisie, the city work...

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... of it seems very humorous to him. Through their travels, Pangloss and Candide experience many cruel and unusual things such as rapes, disease, and executions. However, the men still try to find just reasoning for these horrible actions. They come up with insane and unrealistic reasoning, and continue to appear more and more blinded to evil each time they do so. Their ... hold existence in horror, and yet to cling to it? To fondle the serpent which devours us till it has eaten out our heart?" The above quote is one of the main quotes by which Candide lived, and it clearly shows the portr...

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... for kissing the daughter of the baron, who owned this heaven on earth. This marked the point when Candide entered into the real world, where one cannot do nothing and expect to survive. At this point, Candide is pitted into his first struggle between optimism and pessimism. He had just lost everything he held dear in his heart ... , including his teacher Pangloss, who was his main source of optimism. Pangloss believed that this was the "best of all possible worlds- and that the world was destined to fulfill God's divine plan for it (18). He struggles with himself to keep his eyes on the g...

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... he can do to praise God because that is a sin. Elijah also tells Job that demanding to speak with the Lord and receive explanation for his work is a sin. Elijah concludes by saying, "The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress. ... Therefore, men revere him. For does he not have regard for all the wise in heart." Elijah is complemented by the Lord speaking to Job from above. The Lord asks Job to repent his sins, and he does by answering, "I know that you can do ... well put but we must cultivate our garden." Voltaire...

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