Abstract This paper examines how Voltaire uses his writing of "Candide" for his powerful crusade against injustice and bigotry. It discusses how this work reflected the society at the time of the Enlightenment and how Voltaire belonged to the Enlightenment movement. The paper then summarizes the story of "Candide".
From the Paper "Voltaire earned much fame and criticism at the same time for his powerful crusade against injustice and bigotry, expressed in brilliant literature. He went up against the government and the Catholic hierarchy, particularly because of the Grand Inquisition. His character, Candide, was very much patterned after his own personality and experience, but his character begins by believing in goodness as prevailing in the world and ends the same way, despite his (Voltaire?s) deadly cynicism. His famous phrase, ?the best of possible worlds,? has been his landmark, and the question that follows is, "what then are the others"? "
Tags: enlightenment, france, movement, Cunegonde, Pangloss, Cacambo
