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Connor Beeks on Chapter 6:
March 15, 2010 at 12:50 am

Here Voltaire satirizes the Inquisition when he shows them flogging Candide for supporting Pangloss, whose opinions anger the Inquisition. This is Voltaire showing his ideas, as even though Pangloss’s view is ridiculous and unsupported, the Inquisition has a viewpoint that they need to quell any kind of uprising against their beliefs. This adds to the satire of the whole thing, as well as show how ridiculous it all really is.

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Connor Beeks on Chapter 11:
March 15, 2010 at 12:38 am

During this chapter, Voltaire uses the old woman to be just yet another contradiction of the optimistic philosophy Pangloss holds. She goes through all these problems in her life and yet still has not turned completely pessimistic, but instead holds a pragmatic view on life. Through the old woman, a mockery of Pangloss’s fake philosophy is shown. He continues to hold his optimistic view even after all the problems he encountered, while instead the old woman realizes what life is about and changes her views.

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