Summary:
On Candide by Voltaire...Analysis and explanation of "cultivate our garden" quote.
It is often said that a person's life is shaped when he or she is a child. This is very much so with Candide - Pangloss was his tutor in "metaphysico-theologo-cosmolonigology" (Voltaire 18) since Candide was a child, and instilled into Candide's mind his philosophy of extreme optimism. Pangloss belief that "all is for the best in this world" (24) somewhat stays with Candide throughout his travels and is more of a burden to him than anything else. By discussing the various events of fate that happened to Candide, his analysis of how the event was for the best, and how he incorporates Pangloss' philosophies into the choices he makes, this essay will show that his teachings only sometimes justified the events experienced by Candide, but most of the time he lived by that phrase. The.....
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