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    Task 1 Assignment 2.1 Evidence for P1 Scenario Some of my group went on a trip to a different country and missed a unit which covers the travel and tourism business environment. I will be giving them a short description for the following aspects of the business environment. These are the factors which I will be writing about: Public sector Private sector Geographical sector Importance to UK and international economy Public sector Public sectors are run by the government. The government

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    The main character Candide went through many hardships throughout the literature. He always had the attitude of a very understanding and positive person. Candide loved to live. He thought he lived in the best of worlds‚ in the best of towns there was. This was not the fact. Candide went through many hardship he had to overcome. This would test his positive outlook on his life. Throughout the story Candide comes upon many different people who would lead him on different journeys. These things combined

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    Compare Candide and Tartuffe

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    In Tartuffe‚ Moliere’s use’s plot to defend and oppose characters that symbolize and ridicule habitual behavior’s that was imposed during the neo-classical time period. His work‚ known as a comedy of manners‚ consists of flat characters‚ with few and similar traits and that always restore some kind of peace in the end. He down plays society as a whole by creating a microseism‚ where everyone in the family has to be obedient‚ respectful‚ and mindful of the head of the home‚ which is played by the

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    only be experienced in a world that doesn’t exist. In his book Candide‚ he uses anti-heroism as a satire against the philosophers of the enlightenment. I do not believe that Voltaire intends the reader to see the world with optimism‚ but rather pessimism. I will further explain why I believe the book draws attention to the horrific “ways of the world” throughout this paper. One could not go through the multitude of misfortunes Candide did in this book without at some point abandoning his optimism

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    The satirical novella “Candide” by Voltaire demonstrates a philosophical idea that shapes the opinion of the protagonist‚ Candide. Candie’s last line “we must cultivate our garden” signifies that as an individual or a group we should mature‚ grow and be modestly productive of ourselves. Throughout the novella‚ Candide becomes this dynamic characters who augments his knowledge about the outside world exploring and capturing his own opinion yet still living with the thought of “the best of all possible

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    On the surface‚ Voltaire’s Candide seems to be about every stupidity‚ every transgression‚ and every immoral act conceivable to man. It is a satirical and absurd look at life and religion. It makes a mockery of organized religious institutions and leaders. The hypocrisy of the actions of these leaders makes the reader wonder if Voltaire is against every religious order and even God‚ or is it simply the hypocrisy he abhors. In examining this book‚ it is a satirical way of looking at the hypocrisy

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    Candide‚ written by Voltaire and published in 1759‚ is based in the Age of the Enlightenment. Candide is a satiric tale of a virtuous man’s search for the truest form of happiness and his ultimate acceptance of life’s disappointments. The illegitimate son of the Baron’s sister; Candide is raised in the Castle of Westphalia and taught by his friend and philosopher of metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-nigology‚ Dr.Pangloss. Candide is abruptly cast out from the castle when he and Lady Cunegonde are found

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    at least‚ by the protagonist Candide. Pangloss‚ through tragedy‚ death‚ and loss which would cause any other man to question whether or not everything that is happening is for the best‚ stands firm in his beliefs. To him‚ everything which happens is for the best. In every other possible outcome of an event‚ things would simply of been worse off. There by it is better to appreciate the status quo rather than imagine that things could be or could have been better. Candide originally shares this view

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    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

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