Symbolism In Candide

The first thing we grasp from the photograph of Sharbat Gula is what her sea green eyes and serious expression say about the things she experiences. We can already tell from her earnest appearance that she has gone through a great deal of emotional trauma from the unsafe lifestyle of continuous war she leads in Syria. The way green eyes pierce sharply through the photo shows the exotic life she must be living. She is constantly living in a state of fear her whole life, however, despite this, she still continues to live with a large family alongside. Her once colorful, vibrant home is now completely shredded by human hatred. Just like in the novel Candide, the inevitable factor of war is constantly put into question within one’s life. There will always be a relentless routine of conflict of a situation that will erupt between human
The future, whether positive or negative, will always remain unclear. This is explicitly shown in Candide, as Candide jumps from a multitude of struggles. Candide was considered an illegitimate child, therefore was generally unaccepted from the very beginning. When he was caught of doing something socially inappropriate, he instantly gets banished and is forced to live an isolated life he could not fully support. This force of nature, “God”, then lifts him back up onto his feet to continue another struggle. His next internal and external conflict resides within the violent efforts of war. Although he is taught to believe in good faith and free will, he fails to see of this in the situation he is. He ultimately had to choose between engaging in the conflict or death. Even though he did escape the war, this constant plunge in conflicts left a scar on Candide’s mind. This force of God continues to rise him incessantly from these conflicts he engages in, however he only finds himself ending back in a whole new