... bringing attention to its faults. And anytime one thinks of affective satirists who ingeniously employ thoughtful laughter at its best, a few prominent examples come to mind: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Swift's Modest Proposal, and most certainly Voltaire's Candide. In Candide there are endless examples of thought provoking humor, but this paper will concentrate on one character that perhaps best embodies the idea, Pangloss ... one applies the idea that all is precisely like it is meant to be then there is no point in attempting to alter or better any aspect of their world. A proposal, ...

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