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    salvadorans are forcing to leave their homes because there are 20 to 30 homicides daily. But what are the factors that contribute to gang violence in El Salvador?. Some of the factors that contribute to gang violence in poor countries as El Salvador are immigration and deportation‚ lack of parenting‚ lack of protection‚ and juvenile delinquency. One of the factors correlated to gangs violence in El Salvador is the immigration and deportation during the 80s and 90s. El Salvador civil war was during the 80s

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    Candide in El Dorado

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    impossible to attain or approach by the destructive human nature. El Dorado contrasts with the rest of the world because at the time Candide was written by Voltaire He lived in one important periods of the humanity‚ “The enlightenment”. Around him‚ he saw many injustices perpetrated by the principle institutions that lead the society at that time. The own desire of Candide to leave El Dorado was imposed by something that he knew; In El Dorado‚ everybody seems to be equal and a fortune in El Dorado means

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    Candide‚ Or Optimism: Voltaire A rosy outlook on life was the theme of Voltaire’s satireCandide‚ Or Optimism. Rather than embracing a truly pessimistic approach to the world‚ Voltaire seems to argue a realistic and reasonable approach to life. The humorous look at optimism and pessimism‚ as well as politics‚ religion‚ war‚ chivalric but hopeless romance‚ and more‚ provides fuel for his fire. However‚ there was one character that stood out from all the humor and seemingly never-ending optimism

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    Candide Tartuffe Essay

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    Authors often incorporate their political and philosophical views in their works. ​ Tartuffe​ ‚  a play by Molière‚ and ​ Candide​ ‚ a novella by Voltaire‚ deal with religion in society. ​ Tartuffe ​ is a  satire about the French upper class’ attitude toward religion. Molière finds fault with extreme  zealots and hypocrisy in religious people‚ and favors moderate beliefs. Voltaire’s ​ Candide​  mocks  Western society by criticizing their religious figures. Voltaire finds scientific reasoning and free  th

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    associated with Pangloss. Even after he is hanged‚ Candide consistently refers back to him‚ usually questioning what advice or optimistic viewpoint he might give. When Candide begins to doubt the philosophy by which he had lived‚ which Pangloss had taught him‚ he laments to the supposedly-dead Pangloss‚ “I must renounce thy optimism‚” (p. 49). This is significant because it gives Pangloss ownership over optimism‚ which is conveyed further when Candide alludes to optimism as “Pangloss’s doctrine‚” (p

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    (The Open University‚ 2012‚ ’Forms of travel writing’‚ transcript‚ p. 2). Voltaire’s Candide (2006[1759]) is an example‚ readers enjoy a philosophical journey that follows a series of challenges to Pangloss principle of optimism. The journey of Voltaire’s characters ’poses questions about finding faith and hope in an unforgiving universe’ (Johnson‚ 2012‚ p. 137).Voltaire’s travelling tale‚ classified into the satire genre is mainly satirical ways to ridicule and criticise the system and society of

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    Satire

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    Satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn In the novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ makes use of satire to undermine the morals and beliefs that are upheld in modern people. By underscoring the follies of everyday people‚ he reveals the real‚ sycophantic ways of people‚ where morals and beliefs are only upheld if the majority believes it also. The fear that people have of being ostracized hinders them to change and defy the majority. When Sherburn killed the town drunk

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    marriage and is saying it is okay. Overall Effectiveness of the Satire: I think the satire is effective. It shows people the governments’ true beliefs on same sex marriage and the way they are taking care of other issues. The main techniques used in this episode is sarcasm; when Stewie tells Meg it is okay for guys to marry other guys and for her to get going on it is basically saying that Stewie and others believe she is a guy. The satire was effective enough to make me laugh but to also think about

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    All around the world the roles of the individual and of society are completely abstract. As the world changes and develops‚ the roles of the individual and society change to meet the needs of the people. Voltaire’s Candide which involves France during the Age of Enlightment & Marx & Engels’ Communist Manifesto which involves Germany around 1848 both discuss the roles of the individual and of society in different ways. In both pieces of literature what is expected of the individuals and of society

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    Candide‚ written in classic 18th century writing style overfloweth with fantastic incidents and ubiquitous vicissitudes‚ more commonly put as coincidences. The story is full of them‚ with many of the plot points relying on the improbable coincidences to move the story forward. The book revolves around one central theory‚ originally composed by Leibniz‚ a German mathematician and philosopher who is so prominent in the world of both mathematics and philosophy‚ having developed differential and integral

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