Until what I have read, I have found Candide a very entertaining and easy going novel. It appears as if Voltaire didn't want to make it a long book. Because of this simplicity and straight forwardness, I have found it very easy to read and it has always kept me interested as unexpected events happen.
I thought it was really funny when the author mentioned that Pangloss taught "metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-nigology."(pg 20) The extremely long name for this science made me wonder what would it study and I even thought it was just a way to mock Pangloss saying that he studied such complicated things and he had just a simple philosophy that everything was for the best. Also I found it very funny that Pangloss taught the Baroness' waiting-woman a lesson on experimental physics "...behind some bushes...”(pg20) which didn't exactly create a good image of Pangloss himself, what was even more funny was that Lady Cunnégonde watched them all the time. It caught my attention that only in the first chapter there was already an affair going on and that the main character was thrown out of the place from where he had been brought up.
Continuing on with the story, I thought it was very strange when the two men told Candide that he was what they needed based on his height and his looks. I was very skeptic that these two men would bring any good to Candid, also with this situation I realized how naive and gullible Candide was when he really thought they would make him good. I don't think that there could be someone seriously that silly to pretend to walk out one day, after being given everything he/she needed during a long time without giving anything back in return. I didn't understand why the king of the Bulgars forgave someone who betrayed him.
At war I thought Candide's real personality was shown, he wasn't willing to fight and defend his side, he just hid the best he could and waited until the danger was over. In other words, in this chapter (III) it was really evident what a coward Candide really was. On the other hand, I thought that the descriptions of the dead and the dying al together with the descriptions of the remains were really crude and discussing. Despite the horrible descriptions of the dead presented throughout this chapter, there were some parts that were very entertaining and funny. I thought it was really funny when Candide, very disrespectfully and stupidly claimed that whether the pope was the antichrist or not he wanted some bread and he was thrown wastes because of this. I was glad that finally someone helped Candide and I saw hope for him and the rest of the book, maybe at the end he wouldn't end up as bad as he was in the moment. What I didn't understand, and I thought was ridiculous was that Candide still believed in Pangloss’ philosophy after all the unfortunate events that had happened to him.
I thought it was really funny when the author mentioned that Pangloss taught "metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-nigology."(pg 20) The extremely long name for this science made me wonder what would it study and I even thought it was just a way to mock Pangloss saying that he studied such complicated things and he had just a simple philosophy that everything was for the best. Also I found it very funny that Pangloss taught the Baroness' waiting-woman a lesson on experimental physics "...behind some bushes...”(pg20) which didn't exactly create a good image of Pangloss himself, what was even more funny was that Lady Cunnégonde watched them all the time. It caught my attention that only in the first chapter there was already an affair going on and that the main character was thrown out of the place from where he had been brought up.
Continuing on with the story, I thought it was very strange when the two men told Candide that he was what they needed based on his height and his looks. I was very skeptic that these two men would bring any good to Candid, also with this situation I realized how naive and gullible Candide was when he really thought they would make him good. I don't think that there could be someone seriously that silly to pretend to walk out one day, after being given everything he/she needed during a long time without giving anything back in return. I didn't understand why the king of the Bulgars forgave someone who betrayed him.
At war I thought Candide's real personality was shown, he wasn't willing to fight and defend his side, he just hid the best he could and waited until the danger was over. In other words, in this chapter (III) it was really evident what a coward Candide really was. On the other hand, I thought that the descriptions of the dead and the dying al together with the descriptions of the remains were really crude and discussing. Despite the horrible descriptions of the dead presented throughout this chapter, there were some parts that were very entertaining and funny. I thought it was really funny when Candide, very disrespectfully and stupidly claimed that whether the pope was the antichrist or not he wanted some bread and he was thrown wastes because of this. I was glad that finally someone helped Candide and I saw hope for him and the rest of the book, maybe at the end he wouldn't end up as bad as he was in the moment. What I didn't understand, and I thought was ridiculous was that Candide still believed in Pangloss’ philosophy after all the unfortunate events that had happened to him.
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