Act III. Scene VI. Lines 1-57
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sábado, 24 de marzo de 2012
He Has Finally Seen the Light!
Hallelujah! Candide finally learned something in this book! He finally realized that it is important to learn from experiences and not to believe what everyone tells him (Pangloss)! He sees the world for what it truly is and not as what someone else wants him to see it. I strongly believe that this is important in life because we all have different perspectives and that is what makes us unique. What if we all believed what Pangloss said? We would all have the same point of view about everything. We would all think that life is just a beautiful meaningless thing where everything happens for the best.
In the end, I realized that Candide does have meaning to it. In a way it mocks us. It describes what some people see life as and how others react to it. Now I realize the dark humor and I see the lesson learned by reading this novel. I guess I made the same mistake as Candide. He didn't ever look past his situations so he didn't learn anything. He would just look at what was sitting right infront of him and think "FML". I guess I was doing the same while reading this book so I failed to see the important message that was hidden in it. The lesson is that by looking past the situations and realizing what the lesson is, we work through life. This is exactly what a quote Candide said in the book. "I also know, said Candide, that we must go and work in the garden." (page 143)
Life is a garden. We must prune it, fix it, and make it look beautiful. By learning from our mistakes, we prune the garden. By not committing the same mistakes, we fix it. Then by smiling to everyone around you and saying that you are going to be ok, we make the garden look beautiful. This is something we humans do daily and I had not realized this until after I read Candide. So for you who read my previous blog, ignore it. Apparently Candide does have an important message to tell the world. You just need to look past the silly story and find it.
In the end, I realized that Candide does have meaning to it. In a way it mocks us. It describes what some people see life as and how others react to it. Now I realize the dark humor and I see the lesson learned by reading this novel. I guess I made the same mistake as Candide. He didn't ever look past his situations so he didn't learn anything. He would just look at what was sitting right infront of him and think "FML". I guess I was doing the same while reading this book so I failed to see the important message that was hidden in it. The lesson is that by looking past the situations and realizing what the lesson is, we work through life. This is exactly what a quote Candide said in the book. "I also know, said Candide, that we must go and work in the garden." (page 143)
Life is a garden. We must prune it, fix it, and make it look beautiful. By learning from our mistakes, we prune the garden. By not committing the same mistakes, we fix it. Then by smiling to everyone around you and saying that you are going to be ok, we make the garden look beautiful. This is something we humans do daily and I had not realized this until after I read Candide. So for you who read my previous blog, ignore it. Apparently Candide does have an important message to tell the world. You just need to look past the silly story and find it.
Confusion
In Candide many confusing things are happening. For example, how in the world does Lady Cunegonde always manage to find Candide? He could be in the middle of no where and will somehow manage to find him. If it is not her than it is one of her family members. How exactly does that work? It is like that entire family is tracking him. That's definitely kind of creepy. It is like if they both had an obsession with each other. Candide with Lady Cunegonde and her family, and them with Candide. Out of everything Candide has gone through I was hoping that he would have realized by now that there are so many other people in the world. Why would he settle for a girl that isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shack? Additionally, why would he even think about her after everything he went through due to her fault. It just doesn't make sense. I mean I realize that if you truly love someone, love will always bring you back together. However, does he truly love her? Or is it just some crazy obsession and intense feeling? There comes a time where you must let go of certain people because they aren't good for you. After everything he has gone through how has he not managed to simply do that?! It's not rocket science!!
Another thing that I noticed that confused me is the differences for each character. The two characters that really astonished me with their differences were Pangloss and Martin. They are the exact opposite! Here we have Dr. Pangloss saying that "everything is for the best" (page ) and then we have Martin stating the fact that world and life itself was made to "drive us mad." (page 94) How can that make any sense to Candide or the reader? What is he supposed to believe? It's as if Martin and Pangloss, together, form the perfect definition of life. One sees it for it's positive characteristics and the other sees life for its negative characteristics. Isn't that what life truly is?! Negative and positive things happen to people so that they can learn from their experiences. How has Candide not learned anything?
I swear. This book is just going to continue with the same story of Candide running into people he already knows and then having a terrible or wonderful experience that he learns nothing from. I honestly find this book ridiculous. I know it is supposed to be filled with dark humor but I see it filled with stupidity. It is common sense to not repeat the same mistakes twice unless the person really wants to. Also, the things that happen to Candide are dumb and aren't really that entertaining. Will the book have any point to it in the end?
Another thing that I noticed that confused me is the differences for each character. The two characters that really astonished me with their differences were Pangloss and Martin. They are the exact opposite! Here we have Dr. Pangloss saying that "everything is for the best" (page ) and then we have Martin stating the fact that world and life itself was made to "drive us mad." (page 94) How can that make any sense to Candide or the reader? What is he supposed to believe? It's as if Martin and Pangloss, together, form the perfect definition of life. One sees it for it's positive characteristics and the other sees life for its negative characteristics. Isn't that what life truly is?! Negative and positive things happen to people so that they can learn from their experiences. How has Candide not learned anything?
I swear. This book is just going to continue with the same story of Candide running into people he already knows and then having a terrible or wonderful experience that he learns nothing from. I honestly find this book ridiculous. I know it is supposed to be filled with dark humor but I see it filled with stupidity. It is common sense to not repeat the same mistakes twice unless the person really wants to. Also, the things that happen to Candide are dumb and aren't really that entertaining. Will the book have any point to it in the end?
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