Everything Happens For a Reason (Candide)

Chapters 1-6

Voltaire has a very strong sophisticated way of writing. I admit that I did have to read over some chapters because I did not understand what the point was or what was being said. These chapters have a lot of change. Candide goes from being banished by the Baron to being whipped, than to war and than to Lisbon. The way everything starts out seems weird to me because Candide didn’t do anything bad to get banished by the Baron and have to suffer so much. The baron’s daughter witnesses Pangloss and the maid “experimenting” she told Candide and they just kissed. Why does someone have to leave because of a kiss? In those days was it such a big deal?
“There is no effect without a cause,’ replied Candide modestly. " (p.26) I love this quote because I agree with Candide. Everything happens for a reason. If there is no cause there will be no effect. That’s his philosophy and mine too. Many people do not really thing like that. But people can not try to make things the way they want, something’s just happen. I do wonder now with so much going on in Candide’s life to what will happen next. I hope things get better because everything for him seems to be going wrong.