Someone Finally Got It Right

"I am afraid Pangloss cruelly deceived me when he told me that all is for the best in this world." (page 43) Someone finally got it right! Pangloss' moto was incorrect! Like I said in my last blog, things happen for a reason, but not necessarily for the best.  It all depends on the person's opinion and what they think of the event.  Cunegonde has proved me wrong and has learned from her mistakes.  She has become wiser and now sees the flaws in what Pangloss used to tell her and her classmates.  Will Candide ever learn from his mistakes? Will he become wiser?

When Candide is in Cunegonde's new home visiting her, the owner of the house and attacked him. "It so happened that the old woman had given our worthy Westphalian not only a suit of clothes but a beautiful sword, which he now drew, and gentle though his manners were, laid the Israelite out on the floor, dead as a door-nail, at the feet of the lovely Cunegonde." (page 44) Then the Inquisitor arrived to the owner's house to pick up Cunegonde when he found the owner dead on the floor. "His (Candide's) reflections were clear and rapid; and without giving the Inquisitor time to recover from his surprise, he ran him through and laid him beside the Israelite." (page 45) How did Candide learn to be so handy with a sword? I mean he killed two men in two minutes and didn't even hesitate.  I am sure that these men had to be skilled in the art of swordsmen, so was it all luck? Did he even know what he was doing? The first one was ready to fight back so that is what shocks me the most.  The second death was not as incredible because the Inquisitor was in a state of shock.  Is Candide finally becoming wiser? Is he going to continuously be a night in shining armor? Only time will tell.