Chapters 6, 7, and 8

WHAT? I couldn't believe that Pangloss actually died! That was my reaction when I read that our dear educator was hung for his beliefs and opinions. Again we see Voltaire targeting the optimist people, we see here that Pangloss was a very altruist person, very humble man. Here is perfect example of the satire that Voltaire obviously possesses, Voltaire writes, "Candide was flogged in time with the anthem; the Basque and the two men who refused to eat bacon were burnt; and Pangloss was hanged, though that was not the usual practice on those occasions. The same day another earthquake ocurred and caused tremendous havoc." (37) Here we see that after Candide's flogging, after the Basque and those two men incendiary death, and Pangloss hung we see no sign of compassion, no sign of mourn for these people, the sentence follows with a informative fact of what usually doesn't happen and that another earthquake occurred. We see again that Voltaire's satirical side can be almost offending and unforgiveable. We see another example of Voltaire's satire in the Candide's flogging, Candide is flogged for merely agreeing with what Pangloss taught. It is satire because of the level of exaggeration in which Voltaire describes it to us. I'm very anxious to see what happens next in this satirical journey that Candide has embarked on and can't wait to read more of Voltaire ridiculous ideas!