the forgetful
23 January 2014
Corrected Sentences
1.Other ideas challenged in this book include hopefulness, optimism, and Leibniz’s philosophy, in particular.
2. The main theme of the book was introduced at the beginning of Candide and was further incorporated in events that happened in later chapters.
3. During his journey’s, Candide experiences bad circumstances and later decides that he disagrees with his professor’s philosophy.
4. Humans tend to forget happiness does not come in a box or from the world.
5. After a sailor stole Candide’s fortune, the sailor’s ship was attacked and sank. Candide later stated that he believed when an evil person commits a crime, they are punished.
6. Voltaire used Candide as a tool to criticize religions, to comment on major historical events, and to state his opinion on contemporary matters.
7. These events included imprisonment in Bastille twice, flogging and exile as a rebel on account of his ideas.
8. Even though Candide experienced traumatic events in his life, he responded with a sense of hope, similar to the way Voltaire saw people react in reality after the earthquake at Lisbon.
9. After going through a valley low or a mountain high, a person gains new ideas, new treasures and new values.
10. The references to the Anabaptists are important because they were persecuted by the Church and were treated inhumanely. The Anabaptist character was the only kind Christian in the entire book, regardless of the hardship he went through.
11. Candide’s problems are solved when he is awarded treasure from Eldorado, but he eventually spends all of it, leaving him with more troubles than he started with.
12. Major events in an author’s life prompt him to write a novel that addresses the issues and events in his life.
13. The contemporary societies’ perspective of religion is a theme throughout the book.
14. The most prominent theme from this satirical novel is that all things are not for the best.
15. Voltaire had to face the
Corrected Sentences
1.Other ideas challenged in this book include hopefulness, optimism, and Leibniz’s philosophy, in particular.
2. The main theme of the book was introduced at the beginning of Candide and was further incorporated in events that happened in later chapters.
3. During his journey’s, Candide experiences bad circumstances and later decides that he disagrees with his professor’s philosophy.
4. Humans tend to forget happiness does not come in a box or from the world.
5. After a sailor stole Candide’s fortune, the sailor’s ship was attacked and sank. Candide later stated that he believed when an evil person commits a crime, they are punished.
6. Voltaire used Candide as a tool to criticize religions, to comment on major historical events, and to state his opinion on contemporary matters.
7. These events included imprisonment in Bastille twice, flogging and exile as a rebel on account of his ideas.
8. Even though Candide experienced traumatic events in his life, he responded with a sense of hope, similar to the way Voltaire saw people react in reality after the earthquake at Lisbon.
9. After going through a valley low or a mountain high, a person gains new ideas, new treasures and new values.
10. The references to the Anabaptists are important because they were persecuted by the Church and were treated inhumanely. The Anabaptist character was the only kind Christian in the entire book, regardless of the hardship he went through.
11. Candide’s problems are solved when he is awarded treasure from Eldorado, but he eventually spends all of it, leaving him with more troubles than he started with.
12. Major events in an author’s life prompt him to write a novel that addresses the issues and events in his life.
13. The contemporary societies’ perspective of religion is a theme throughout the book.
14. The most prominent theme from this satirical novel is that all things are not for the best.
15. Voltaire had to face the