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Voltaire uses the literary device of distortion throughout his novel candide. By exaggerating and satirizing the adventures of the characters, Voltaire successfully illuminates his underlying ideas about the the tyranny and persecution by the elite in the church and state that existed in 1694-1778. Through the character Candide and his adventures, Voltaire exhorts his audience to address his subversive ideas with laughter and horror and then to address the problems in the world. In Candide Voltaire

virtue would be a nun who has never lied, cheated, or stolen at any point in her life. El Dorado is a Utopian society with no crime or need for government outside of a king, although the king simply acts like everyone else’s equal. The concepts of El Dorado and virtue practically go hand in hand. El Dorado not only suggests the idea that humans are capable of virtue, but thrives on the idea. In order for El Dorado to not have a government besides a leader, the citizens would have to trust that everyone

Within the text, I really didn’t have a take for many of the other stories besides Candide itself, which seemed to be the highlight of the stories as it seems to be more humane based compared to the others. When looking at the other stories, I felt that many of them strayed from key ideas of humanity and relatableness that didn’t really make me want to read them. For this reason, I’ve focused more on understanding Candide since it was a very odd and compelling story that I both took joy in reading

The Rundown After viewing the movie, The Rundown, the main stars of the movie are Dwayne Johnson as Beck, Seann Williams Scott as Travis, Rosario Dawson as Mariana, Christopher Walken as Hatcher, Edwen Bremner as Declan, Stephen Bishop as Quarterback, and Jeff Chase as Kambui. I would recommend this movie to people who like action- adventure movies. It was a very good movie with lots of action and it was a funny. Beck is my favorite character in the movie because he is generous and an excellent

Candide was a novel by Voltaire exploring the human desires and need to maintain order in a crazy and chaotic world. The main character is perfectly named. Candide is derived from the Latin word candidus ‘white’; In the Mid 17th century senses it had the meaning of ‘pure, innocent’, ‘unbiased’, ‘free from malice’, and ‘frank’ (Oxford Dictionaries, 2017). Voltaire used Candide innocence and fallible optimism philosophy reaction to his misadventures to satirically refute optimism but also to assure

wealth does not always bring happiness, El Dorado was one society where all it’s inhabitants lived lives full of success and happiness. In Candide, wealth proved to guarantee a person a step forward in life and some sense of freedom. Sometimes when one lives in an environment consisting of total equality, one may prefer to leave and go to a different place where they would be considered superior and everyone else inferior to them. The people of El Dorado were so wealthy that they abused the things

on the Amazon, specifically El Dorado, the city of gold. Close to nothing was known about the Amazon before he went in. Percy Fawcett was one of the greatest explorers the world has ever seen. To be a good explorer one must have confidence, passion, and courage. In the book, “Lost City of Z”, author, David Grann, continuously presents examples of Fawcett being a great explorer by possessing these traits. In 1925, Percy Fawcett sets out to the Amazon to find El Dorado and though he does not return

Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo and Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, provide an interesting and detailed account of the way race and sexuality are reinforced in Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks films. They do this through the analysis of four animated films, The Road to El Dorado, Shark Tale, Dinosaurs and Toy Story. The authors argue that these films teach children about the expectations of society’s normalized racial and sexual dynamics (166). The article does an excellent job of of describing these films as stories of socialization

“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities, and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” (Harry S. Truman). The stories of Gilgamesh, Candide, and Things Fall Apart have underlying themes of optimism. This is because both Gilgamesh and Candide faced horrible tragedies in their lives. Through their tragedies, they both chose to push through these challenges and make the best out of their situations. Though they went through horrible trials they still try

Man’s Purpose in Candide One of the main purposes of the Enlightenment was to promote reason and rationalism as a way to improve society and politics. However, Voltaire, an influential and famous philosopher and writer during the period of the enlightenment, repeatedly criticized certain aspects of Enlightenment philosophy. In his short story, Candide, Voltaire somewhat harshly attacks the optimism that was so popular between philosophers during this time and instead he decides not to disregard