Candide's Constant Search For Satisfaction
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Voltaire's Candide is a story about the life of a man who travels with only one goal in mind; the pursuit of happiness. Although many circumstances and difficult situations seem to stand in his way, Candide never loses sight of his objective. Voltaire's character travels to many different cultur ....
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.... are reunited but their time together was limited. Everyone who is close to Candide is somehow submitted to turmoil throughout the story. Candide himself was flogged many times, Dr. Pangloss was made a beggar and then hung, the Baron went from a man of great standing to a slave, and Cunégonde was forced into slavery as well. Candide's search for freedom ends up getting him in a great deal of trouble everywhere he goes. From Lisbon to Cadiz to Eldorado to Surinam to Bordeaux to Portsmouth ....
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