Candide essay
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Candide: Satire at It's Best
"Everything that happens in this life is for a reason. It is not ours to understand, but to accept without question. After all, everything will turn out for the best in this best of all possible worlds." These quotes reflecting disturbing reports of corrupted religious leaders, whimsical wars, and bogus philosophy remind me of a famous literary work by Voltaire. In the novel, Candide, Voltaire uses many literary writing tools to prove the points in which he believes. Some of these many literary tools are irony, satire, and symbolism. Through these tools, Voltaire proves that greed is a universal vice, and usually ends in ones own destruction.
Voltaire strongly emphasizes his pessimistic view throughout the story. During Chapter 10, he uses his philosophies, as well as other literary tools, to present greed as a devastating factor of society's corruption. For example, Cunegonde found that someone had stolen her money and jewels...