Candide Case

The Candide is one of the famous masterpieces by Voltaire, which told us a story about Candide's experience. The theme of the Candide is to criticize blind optimism, which is exactly the personality of Candide. After reading this book, I know that nothing is perfect in the world, including some policy of the government. A perfect world does not exist. Everything should be constantly improved. We should not to be over-optimism.

The story began with a young man, Candide. He had a deep-believing in his teacher, who named Pangloss, said that everything in the world is perfect. They think "this is the best of all possible worlds" Is that true? The answer is definitely "No". The uncomfortable truth quickly smashed their dream of that beautiful world. According to the ChapterⅠof the text, Candide was adopted by a baron, and he was thrown out of the door because the baron found that Candide and his daughter falling in love with each other. So he had to roaming about stray, experienced so much troubles and disasters, he witnessed the Indifference, framed and superstition from person to person(ChapterⅡ~Ⅵ), but fortunately, he still believes in his "perfect world". Until he arrived in El dorado(Chapter XVII), he found that Gold jasper and precious stones are everywhere and the people there lives in a happy and equal life, everyone has smile on his face, that a place just like the ideal state written by Tao yuanming in China. However, it is actually does not exist in the real world. And finally, he realized that Cruel and apathy actually exist in the society, and he adapt to that fact little by little, so he abandoned the previous philosophical thoughts, became realistic and started believe that people gain happiness from their Hard sweat. That's the only way to facilitate your life. This world is not paradise, you need to struggle for you happiness, cause no one can provide you with an ideal life that you imagine.

In Chapter XXX ,there is a sentence "There is a concatenation of all events in the best of possible worlds; for, in short, had you not been kicked out of a fine castle for the love of Miss Cunegund; had you not been put into the Inquisition; had you not traveled over America on foot; had you not run the Baron through the body; and had you not lost all your sheep, which you brought from the good country of El Dorado, you would not have been here to eat preserved citrons and pistachio nuts." "Excellently observed," Answered Candide; "but let us cultivate our garden." We find that in the end, the Candide still do not understand that he should struggle for his fate. He still under others' control though he have experienced so much trouble and terrible things in the past.

The authors use a third party in tells the story, with a cool, calm tone, we can't see any criticism in this book, Only the natural development of the story gives me a big