Candide an Analysis of Voltaires Perspective on...

Candide Essay Assignment TA: Và ©ronique Church-Duplessis Tutorial: 7-8 SS 2104 Sajid Borhan 998931036 Voltaire in his novella Candide portrays the adventures of a young man named Candide as he faces numerous difficulties after he is forced to leave his sheltered life of the court. Voltaire, in his satire, explores many themes. Voltaire being a critic of the Church does not show the religious institutions and the people associated with it in good light, as demonstrated by the various characters in Candide. There are few portrayals of religious characters in a positive tone. This essay will discuss and analyze Voltaire’s view on religion and how he expresses his discontent and negative impression. This essay will discuss the†¦show more content†¦Another case of the hypocrisy of religious officials would be the friar who being in the Franciscan order contradicts the order’s value of living in poverty by stealing Cunegonde’s valuables, I strong suspect it was that reverend Franciscan who slept in the same inn as us last night in Badajoz; God prevent me from making rash judgments, but he passed through our room twice, and he set off long before us. The corruption and hypocrisy of the religious officials continues by the introduction of the Jesuits in South America. The Jesuits are negatively portrayed in Candide. After Candide goes to South America he encounters Cunegonde’s brother who now resides there as a Jesuit priest. The author in this part of the novella addresses of how the Christian missionaries in the New World are not really ‘civilizing’ the natives. The purpose of the Christian missionaries of the Americas during that time was to ‘civilize’ the local population, as depicted, the natives are in fact against the Jesuits and thus implying that the Jesuits did not actually help the natives there but rather introduced more problems. Voltaire writes about the natives’ anti Jesuit sentiment when the native Oreillons captured Candide and were preparing to eat him mistaking Candide as a J esuit. The writer shows the hypocritical ways of the Jesuit priest by revealing that he hadShow MoreRelatedAge of Enlightenment and Course Materials Essay1475 Words   |  6 PagesCandide worksheet Name: Huy Dang Khac The purpose of this assignment is to help you develop the critical thinking skills necessary to write a basic, college-level analytical essay. You may type directly into this file and then upload when finished. Remember that you need to connect what you read in the book to what you are learning from other course materials to complete you answers. Step I: Basic, factual analysis of a reading 1. List three examples of events/methods from Voltaire’sRead MoreKants Theory of Enlightenment5012 Words   |  21 Pagescentury was decisively shaped by the systematic efforts of the Enlightenment, a philosophical, cultural, and political movement that tried to institute the rule of Reason in all areas of life. Reason was to replace blind faith and superstition in religion, autocratic and arbitrary rule in administration and government, brute force and devious cunning in politics, the dead weight of tradition in social institutions and culture, and primitive instincts or uncontrolled feelings in personal relations