Throughout the book Candide uses "The larger view on life" and accepts everything as a positive. Such as when he is traveling and sees all the gruesome things that the other countries suffer through. Candide Continuously says Westphalia is the best of all worlds and Pangloss' theory is always right.Optimism: a mental attitude or world view that interprets situations and events as being best (optimized), meaning that in some way for factors that may not be fully comprehended, the present moment is in an optimum state. The concept is typically extended to include the attitude of hope for future conditions unfolding as optimal as well. -Wikipedia
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Optimism
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I completely agree. I think this was a really good way to start off the blog. Much of the book is based on ow optimitic Candide is and how he changes throughout the book. Without a true understanding of what optimisim is one cannot interpret the book the way it is actually meant to be interpreted.
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