Voltaire's main character, Candide, is somewhat of a simple man living a happy life in the castle of the Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh. ... Voltaire has Candide born out of wedlock, a sin according to Christian principles, to prove that he is born into sin. ... Voltaire continues his allegory of the Book of Job when he sends Candide and Pangloss to Lisbon. ... Instead Voltaire chooses to give Candide a different ending which questions the accuracy of a dependency on faith. ... Voltaire takes a different approach to the end of Candide. ...

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Voltaire was not writing this story for the sole purpose of entertainment. It is obvious that Voltaire was also trying to make readers reflect on their own beliefs so that they might see their hypocrisy. ... Voltaire uses an Ironic approach when talking about the war. ... Here Voltaire implies that by having killed someone, Candide was spared his life, how can killing somebody be for the best? ... - Cried Candide. ...

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His father wanted him to pursue a degree in law, but Voltaire chose to devote his life to writing. Before writing Candide, Voltaire went through a lot in his life that probably inspired his seemingly radical views on life, and the rejection of "Optimism-, the philosophy of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, which sates that the universe is rational. ... Having experienced the wrath of a chaotic world, Voltaire logically concluded that the universe runs unregulated, and presents his philosophy satirically through Candide. ... Candide's family tree is a bit hazy. ... Some may thing that Voltair...

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