Examples Of Optimism In Candide

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Candide In Candide, Voltaire provides many examples of how the world is not really perfect. Candide is an optimist and throughout the story he notices many things that contradict him being an optimist. In the beginning of the story, Pangloss contracted syphilis from Paquette. Pangloss was also an optimist, however he was upset that he had acquired this disease from her. Another example in Candide of an imperfect world is when Cunegonde got raped. She also got enslaved to several men that used her as their mistress. These acts of the men were horrific and prove that the world is not perfect. Also, the Lisbon Earthquake is another other example of an imperfect world. This earthquake symbolized God’s cruelty to the people. The earthquake could
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