Ridiculing Humanity's Flaws: Voltaire’s "Candide"
Naiveite, optimism, ignorance; among these few attributes lies, what Voltaire believes to be, the lackluster shortcomings of mankind. Voltaire’s, “Candide,” is a satirical novella that ridicules humanity’s flaws through quirky characters that serve as representatives of mans’ fallacious tendency to rely upon these qualities throughout...
