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taken by an intellectual storm. The primary satirist of the French Enlightenment, Voltaire, was a deist and a renowned playwright. Using his quick wit and talent with words, Voltaire satirized popular philosophy and political thought through his most famous work titled Candide. With its fantastical and violent plot, the story served as a public platform for Voltaire to criticize modern issues of religion, government and philosophy. Specifically, Candide critiques the main ideas of German philosopher

Men Thomas Payne lived roughly two hundred and twenty-four years ago, and to be honest, his words semi match up with today’s day and age. In contrary belief I also believe that they don’t. America today is diverse and human-like, and like all humans it has it’s good days and its’ bad days. On Monday, there are thousands of people helping the poor, then on Thursday there are thousands bad-mouthing them. On Tuesday, millions are happy with the justness of the government, then on Wednesday

is the dangers of excessive or even blind optimism. Some people swear by it and others think it’s crazy. Voltaire was a famous philosopher who could be said to be ahead of his time, for his beliefs on separation of church and state, freedom of religion, and freedom of expression, and he believed it was insane. He later wrote the novel Candide, which was made as a satire of all the things he believed

Michael Liska The Foolishness of Optimism 23 April 2015 Dr. Harty In one of Voltaire’s most famous works, Candide, the main character contemplates on whether the world in which he lives in is truly the best of all possible worlds. Throughout his expedition, Candide questions the world of good and evil and realizes he must decide whether his philosopher Pangloss is correct in believing that everything is for the greater good. While Candide continuously

All Quiet on the Western Front: A Literary Analysis The Author and His Times Erich Paul Remark (most commonly known as Erich Maria Remarque) was born on June 22nd, 1998 in Onsabruck, Westphalia; a town in Germany. He was the son of his mother Anna Maria Stallnecht Remark and his father, Peter Franz Remark, who was a master machinist and a bookbinder. As a young boy growing up in a lower-working class family, he moved houses eleven times between 1898 and 1912 and was called Schmieren, or “Smudge”

The Courage and Strength in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque As I enter my last week as a twenty-year-old, I find myself nostalgically looking back on the past two decades while wondering what life has in store for me over the next two. Where will I be in twenty years? What will I have accomplished? Where will I be living? Will I be married? Have chil… wait a minute, no, that one will have to wait a few more years. These questions have all passed through my mind at

America. We all love our nation and we stand proudly behind it. As a nation we stand up for what we believe in and never back down. Overtime inequality has always been a big issue in America; however we have gone through a series of adjustments to better this problem. We, as Americans, believe in equality due to our nation being built upon the very principle. Although, still an issue in America today; inequality has gotten a hell of a lot better compared to the past. With further due, a well-educated

Life in the 1950's was a lot more simple, without all the complications brought about by today's fast pace. I could imagine myself being a "Soda Jerk" while I worked my way through college to be an accountant, a mechanical engineer, or an architect; all of which are very respectable career choices, and can be done without an over-abundance of technology. I could also see myself in the middle of an episode

World War I caused devastation for millions of people around the globe and was one of the most brutal wars ever in history. All Quiet on the Western Front, an account of the atrocity of World War I by Erich Maria Remarque, shows the trials and tribulations faced by soldiers each and every day. Much like it is today, war was glorified, and many young men, including the naïve 19­year old German Paul Bauman, around the globe enlisted in the army, only to find out what a dreadful mistake it was later

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