Compare And Contrast Candide

Love is an emotion and/or a virtue, representing human kindness, compassion, or affection. An emotion/virtue that everyone who is a part of our species has felt, either towards an object, person, or another creature (say a pet). It can be a beautiful thing, possibly flourishing into something that can be such a large part of our lives. Or it can make you do what some consider an insane act or behaviour, after all, it is a chemical imbalance in your brain. There are different types of love, there is familial love for your parents or for your siblings, resulting in different emotions felt towards them. This is love felt to one that you might be attracted to. Attractions can result in feelings of obsession, and attachment if you have a strong
He grows up in the castle under the tutelage of the scholar Pangloss. Candide falls in love with the baron’s beautiful daughter Cunegonde. The baron catches the two kissing and expels Candide from his home. On his own for the first time, Candide is soon conscripted into the army of the Bulgars. He wanders away from camp for a brief walk, and is brutally flogged as a deserter. After witnessing a horrific battle, he manages to escape and travels to Holland. Long story short he ends up traversing the world looking for his one and only love Cunegonde, ending up as far as the mythical city of El Dorado. Where everything is in a state of utopian society, a. He, along with his companion, Cacambo and Pangloss, all wind up buying a farm in Turkey and spend their lives working the
It is about a man under the name of Ivan Ilyich, an accomplished and respectable man. It begins with his colleagues and “friends” in a private room, finding out in the newspapers obituary that Ivan has passed away. It is at this point in the story that you have sympathy for Ivan Ilyich, and are appalled at how they react. Ivan appears to have everything, a respectable position in society, a presentable family, and the appearance of wealth. He sees life as a perfect one that he himself has created. His only motivation is his desire to appear wealthy and fit in with the wealthiest of society. To summarize, it is about a man who thinks that with all these superficial life achievements, creates it an illusion of a perfect life. It does not defeat the fact that he has remained unloved and disregarded in his short lifespan. It ends with his acceptance that his life was not perfect as he intended and he passes through life content and