CKQ+Minji

1. Why is this not the best of all possible worlds? But, at the same time, // Candide // is not an entirely hopeless novel. What 'rays of hope' do you see? As you post your responses to the key question also mention 'rays of hope' that you see in the novel.
 * Key Question for **//** Candide **//

Chapter four to twelve of this novel has highly depicted the rays of hope as well as the reason why the world cannot be best of all possibly. Through telling astonishing event that Candide had experienced and the story regarding, old woman’s, who has helped Candid and Counegonde’s escape from Lisbon, mistress life, one was able to define two concepts. (P 13) First example was happened during Candide, Dr Pangloss, and Jacques’ voyage to the port of Lisbon. Storm stroked their ship and they were all endangered. In one moment, one of the sailors were almost drowned in to the water, so “ the good Jacques runs to his assistance, hauls him back on board, in doing so is himself to drown without even backward glance.” This passage certain portrayed one of the factors, “inhumane treatment to others “ that support the statement, there aren’t any of best of all possible worlds.” Due to the fact that mankind did not even attempt to rescue other, whom was endangered by he or she, the world is not a best of all possible planets with such evilness.

(P29) Another example was when the old women were sold off to an “aga of Turkish janissaries”. She saw the solid reason that supports the incapability of world, not being best of all plausible land. It is because “ the twenty janissaries ate our two eunuchs, rather than violate their oat,” This sentence reveals two factors; inhumane treatment to others and religion. By seeing the fact that twenty janissaries’ violated one of the laws of religion and it was obviously the callous treatment to others, the worlds are not the best place.

In spite of the fact that world is not the best of all possible places to live, it has an existences of hope. With in chapter 7, Candide met Cuneginde, a woman whom he passionately loved and thought to be a dead person. This apparently represented hope for both of the characters whom had suffered severely by consequences of war, such as losing family members, dearest tutor, individual whom Candid respected, and so on. In view of the fact that both of them met a person to truly rely on in such anguished and situation, they could have safer and jubilant life by having one another that could save he or she from danger.