\neconomic, political, and social conditions of his era.
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\nIn the opening chapter of the novel, the author successfully depicts the difference in lifestyles of the two classes. It is the comparison of the lives; some humans living in palaces and many, who have to exist outside these \u201cgreat walls\u201d. One interesting fact about the great authors of all the times is how they portray their characters through words as Voltaire did in Candide, satisfying all five imageries of the reader.
\nWhen he introduces Cunegund and Dr. Pangloss, he very carefully selects their names and this we saw decades after Voltaire in Maxim Gorky\u2019s novel the Mother. When he talks about Baron\u2019s dwelling, he is not actually talking about architectural grandeur, but he is comparing the lives of the people on both sides of the wall. This was an era when philosophy was being influenced by a thought that \u201cbehind every creation or invention, there is always \u201ceconomic reasoning\u201d. Though, the theory and philosophy of evolution were given by Charles Darwin afterward, but through Dr. Pangloss, he strictly criticizes the papal power, working against the powers of evolution or favoring the powers of stagnation.
\nIn the era of enlightenment, a certain class of humans was inventing power looms, optical
\ntelegraphs, and so many other things for their economic needs, and hence in evolution, it was
\ncalled the era of the industrial revolution, exactly like we are living in the era of satellite
\nexploration or may be \u201csatellite exploitation\u201d.
\nIt is one of a very few novels that allow the readers to swim by its flow. Candide is usually
\nappreciated for its strong criticism on the atrocities of fundamentalism, feudalism, imperial
\nstructures. It supports \u201cpoetic licensing\u201d.
\n\u201cFaith, comrade,\u201d said one of them to the other, \u201cyonder is a well
\nmade young fellow and of the right size.\u201d
\nThough Renaissance is an age in the history of Literature, which freed the expression from
\nmedieval trends, yet another logical fact is that mythological frameworks were truly denied in
\nthe era of enlightenment and this was done by Voltaire through his novel, Candide. In the same
\nchapter the lead characters defines modesty as an economic limitation, not a religious virtue, and this is an undeniable scientific fact now.
\nThrough Bulgarians, the author defines nothing but the atrocities of wars\u2026.
\n \u201cNever was anything so gallant, so well accoutred, so brilliant, and
\nso finely disposed as the two armies. The trumpets, fifes, hautboys,
\ndrums, and cannon made such harmony as never was heard in Hell
\nitself.\u201d
\n So, who was ripped off by the Bulgarians? Miss Cunegund, a character? No. It was not just a
\ncharacter ripped off to death by some other characters, but it was a life torn away by the war.
\nHere, he also talks about the natural catastrophe and just calls spade, a spade and denies the
\nmythological fantasies.
\n \u201cNothing is more probable,\u201d said Candide; \u201cbut for the love of God
\na little oil and wine.\u201d
\n\u201cProbable!\u201d replied the philosopher, \u201cI maintain that the thing is demonstrable.\u201d
\nNow, this is the time, when a reader of the 21st century can feel the sprinkling thoughts of the
\nauthor, which was never possible through the Chaucerian courteous words. This proved him to
\nbe no less than a political scientist in the days to come. It is purely a science, beyond confused
\nmysticism as it stands on the next level of philosophical optimism.
\nThinking analytically, what is the leading thought in this novel, which makes a great combination of science and art? The lead character, Candid is shown a kind-hearted, but a na\u00efve
\nyouth. His mentor, Pangloss, teaches him that their world is \u201cthe best of all possible worlds.\u201d
\nThis actually means that many other worlds exist in the cosmos, proven later on. So, this thought makes this novel, written with a scientific approach.
\nAfter being banished from his adopted childhood home, Candide travels the world and is
\naffected by many tragic happenings, all the while pursuing security and following Cunegunde,
\nthe woman he loves. His faith in Pangloss\u2019 absolute enthusiasm is repeatedly tested. Candide is
\nmore of a channel for behaviors and events that surround him than just a character. His opinions and actions are determined almost entirely by the influence of outside factors. This establishes again the author\u2019s scientific approach, which fills the gap between two major eras; the renaissance and the era of Charles Darwin.
\nWhen you study him in-depth, you can easily find that he actually narrates the light of climate
\nchange as in his era, the steam engine appears as one of the most momentous productive forces in history. It was created by human intelligence, not by some divine power. This shifts author\u2019s thoughts on the spiral shift that technology had brought through evolution. The author, through Pangloss exposes the mode of production and new tools of production of his time as how they affected human life.
\nHe talks about the nature of the relationship between many productive forces, considering the steam engine a symbol of progress. Steam power then arose as a result of contradictions in the relations between capital and labor. Ecological evolution needs to be understood in the context of building and breaking new relationships in terms of production. Elaborating his \u201cconstructivism\u201d, a reader today can approach a theory of fossil-fuel technologies as material manifestations of capitalist power, which was becoming a hurdle for productive evolution or humanism in terms of literature.
\nSince, rest of his text is mostly a part of the author\u2019s articulation details, we can conclude our
\nargument on this great novel that there is no danger to human life as far the scientific progress is concerned, and this is what the author depicted by denying the \u201cmythological delusions\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"