Candide (1759) (edit title/settings)

Ballroom_Pink edited the summary of Candide Thursday, December 23, 2010.

• A sharp satire of mindless optimism. Candide is a sweet-tempered young man raised in a castle and given the best of educations by the renowned Professor Pangloss. He is given the idea that this is the best of all possible worlds, and that everything is exactly as it should be -— we have no other recourse than to be content. Candide then falls in love with his Lord's daughter and is kicked out of his home, flogged, beaten, drafted, nearly executed, and much more, which causes him to rethink this simplistic worldview.

Jessica M edited the summary of Candide Sunday, August 29, 2010.

• A sharp satire of mindless optimism. Candide is a sweet-tempered young man raised in a castle and given the best of educations by the renowned Professor Pangloss. He is given the idea that this is the best of all possible worlds, and that everything is exactly as it should be - we have no other recourse than to be content. Candide then falls in love with his Lord's daughter and is kicked out of his home, flogged, beaten, drafted, nearly executed, and much more, which causes him to rethink this simplistic worldview.