... more importantly, he could not reason with the views of religion the people of El Dorado practiced. Here, Voltaire suggests his idea that the random events that taking place throughout the course of his novel simply happen, uncontrolled by the existence of God. Voltaire realizes that humans seem to love the chase of finding perfection, but realistically don't care about the result. For instance, Jehovah's witnesses see ... to philosophize, but Candide realizes that philosophy is useless. Voltaire uses several gardens, including the original garden of Baron Thunder Ten Tronck's castle, ...

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... . There are so many moments in time, places in life, and situations that no one makes sense of because they are thinking too literally. I came to understand that maybe garden and cultivate had more than just a literal meaning, but also a more underneath the surface type of meaning. Garden can relate to your life and things you care about. Hovanic 2 Cultivate also explains growth and improvement ... is going to improve my own life and to not listen to other people. Realizing this sent me on another expedition to think of things in my life that I cared about and could relate cultivating my...

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... is not his love for Cunegonde, but a busy life on a farm, kept occupied by literally cultivating a physical garden. If he had not lost Cunegonde to begin with, Candide would have never persevered through the hardships that allowed him to obtain the pure joy he feels at the end of the novel. The phrase "but let us cultivate our garden,"" represents Candide's transition from promoting the Enlightenment philosophy of optimism to promoting ... would have never discovered that it was agricultural labor, and not love, that made him the happiest. This reflects the phrase "but let us cultivate ...

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... garden. Their encounter ends with a short exchange between Martin and Candide, both who try to remain true to their philosophies. It is Candide who acknowledges Martin as having the valid view. But Candide remains steadfast in his hopes to see his love, Cunégonde.  Nearing the end of their journey, Candide finally hears of the location of Cunégonde. But the ... that fluctuated Candide's philosophical views on the way he should perceive the world. However, at the end of Candide's journey, he places a lacking emphasis into believing either philosophy. At the story's conclusion, Voltai...

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... they must necessarily be created for the best end- (12). Everything is the best it could possibly be. Now that the philosophy soon to be satirized has been presented, Candide goes through a chronological series of horrible events that ultimately have him, and his traveling side-kicks, searching for his love Miss Cunegonde. Along the way, many strangers tell their stories of past pain and suffering. It eventually ... turns into to not only a search for Miss Cunegonde, but also a search for happiness in general, all the while Candide is struggling internally over Pangloss' philosophy, and...

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... , which lay open every muscle and nerve from his nape to his butt." Eventually the King of Bulgaria saves him, and he escapes to find Pangloss, now a beggar. Pangloss tells of the destruction of the castle of the Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh and the apparent death of the family. Although devastated by the loss of his love Cunegonde, Candide manages to keep his belief in optimism. Pangloss aides his belief by ... , if you hadn't given a good sword thrust to the Baron, if you hadn't lost all of your sheep from the good land of Eldorado, you wouldn't be sitting here eating candied citron and p...

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... his struggles with realizing the harsh truths of life. Candide is the son of the Baron of Thunder-ten-tronckh's sister. With Candide's family lived Panglos, a man that Candide often looked to for insight and understanding. One of Panglos many great beleifs is that all is for the best and that good can be found in everything. Candide fell in love with a girl by the name of Lady Cunegonde who is ... described as having extravagant beauty. Early into the novel Candide is driven out of his home and left was left out in the cold where he almost died. This is where the story really begins to ...

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... expressing by writing this book. The meeting of Martin signifies the point at which Candide begins to think for himself. He becomes one of the embodiments at this point, and clearly states that he is living for the love of Cunegonde. His more secular view of optimism here marks a change in his attitude and belief system. Candide finally starts to become the balance between the extremities of optimism and pessimism. As Candide ... pessimism just does not work with humans because as much as Martin spoke to Candide about how the world is horrible, Candide's human nature would not accept th...

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