Essay on Voltaire’s Candide: The Accuracy of Candide -- Voltaire Candi

Voltaire is correct in Candide, where he argues that life on hide out is hell in many ways. Voltaire accurately describes how selfish people practically are and how they inflict reverse on others as a result. Voltaire withal describes accurately common forms of cruelty in society. Although he may be mis civilizen that all wars are equally senseless and avoidable, Voltaire is correct in showing that war inevitably produces atrocities, which makes for hell on earth. In encourage of these statements, lets examine Voltaires accurate description of human selfishness. An example would be the deportment of the sailor who Pangloss and Candide met on their voyage to Lisbon. This sailor was rescued from drowning by Jacques the Anabaptist. still when Jacques fell into the sea himself, the sailor refused to risk his own life to fork up him. As a result of this selfishness, Jacques died. Later on, when the sailor reached shore, he do by the sufferings of people horribly injured by a r ecent earthquake. alternatively the sailor took money from them in order to get drunk and convey a prostitute. This sailor was wholly self-centered and uncaring about anyone else and by not helping anybody out he in effect inflicted misery on them. When the terrorists destroyed the World Trade Centers, and many police and firemen were killed, many people sure money for relatives that did not die, and used the money for gambling, consume and whores. Human nature in this regard has not changed since the book was written. This macrocosm so, Voltaires description of how human selfishness can often turn life on earth into a hell is accurate. Voltaires depiction of how common cruelty is in society is also well supported. For example, Voltaire describes how Candide en... ... again as an example, there were many instances of people who risked their own lives to save others and as a result received citations and promotions as well as the admiration of their family and friends. This ob jection to my argument, however, does not take an important thrust of Candide into account. That is, that Voltaire felt that he had to use exaggeration and dyed presentation to make sure his audience did not refuse to discern deeply just how much cruelty and selfishness exists at all times all around them and how much people suffer because of that. Works Cited and Consulted Frautschi, R.L. Barrons alter Approach to Voltaire Candide. New York Barrons Educational Series, Inc., 1998. Lowers, James K, ed. Cliff Notes on Voltaires Candide. capital of Nebraska Cliff Notes, Inc. 1995. Voltaire. Candide. New York Viking Publishers, 1976.