I am bewildered, and drawn into this novel. This young man has gone through horrors and poverty and such terrible tortures simply because he liked a girl. Yet now he is older, with a position and things looked well for him, yet he once again got into trouble over the same young woman, now older and just as tortured as Candide. And then there is an old woman, whom suffered similar turmoil as they. I know this is supposed to be satire, but honestly, I cannot for the life of me figure out what it is a satire of. This is certainly keeping me interested and there is enough philosophical thinking within this work to keep me thinking, but as of now, I am not sure what to make of this story.
I commented on Abbey Griffin's post.
I think it's stupid, but also kind of romantic, that Candide would go through so much trouble because he loves Cunégonde!
ReplyDeleteI think it must be satirizing certain social conventions and things that were happening which should not have been happening.
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