... . In fact, the entire art of satire is based around this idea of provoking thought through laughter. Satire often humorously mocks a person or situation as a means of 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, Pang...

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