This was so refreshing to read after Kant. Quite frankly, I have really enjoyed reading this book. My favorite part was in chapter 12, when the old woman tells the story of her life. Towards the end she says "A hundred times I have wanted to kill myself, but I was still in love with life." To which she continues by quoting one of Hamlet's speeches from Shakespeare's Hamlet!
I do wish Candide wasn't so "in love" with Cunégonde. It seems stupid, yet kind of romantic, that he would go through so much trouble because of his love for her.
I would suggest to make a show out of this, because the plot is so crazy, but it already is a Musical! :)
I commented on Daniel Stephens post.
I do love the end of the old woman's story where she says she loves life to much to end it. There is so much truth to that, and then they ask the everyone aboard the ship. They cannot find a single person just happy to be alive. It kind of reminds me of how Christ gives us true joy while sin tricks us into following it but only ending empty in the end.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part thus far has also been chapter eleven and twelve's story of the old woman. I like how she really represents that almost sub-conscious passion in all of us to keep on living life. She has been trough so much and still can't bring herself to pull the trigger.
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