Reading through this, all I could think of was three things…
1)
Is Voltaire making fun of all philosophy and
philosophers or just opposing the current view of his time?
2) This book progresses terribly fast and is full
of several unimaginable events for a 21st century reader. It is
definitely unlike anything else I’ve read. I had a hard time finding something I
liked from the text. One of the only things I’ve found intriguing in the book
was what the old woman said after she told her story. She says, “I have wanted
to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life,” and,
later, “Just to amuse yourself, persuade each passenger to tell you his story,
and if you find even one who has not often cursed his life and told himself
that he is the most miserable man alive, you can throw me into the sea head
first.”
3) Is it wrong to think that this story could be a
great movie, especially if they were to cast Adam Sandler as Candide?
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