Discussion Of The Earthquake Shown In Voltaire's Candide

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The residents of Lisbon are understandable shaken after the earthquake, but act irrationally and rash. They believed in order to end the earthquake they must sacrifice three people. When Candide, the sailor & Pangloss arrive in Lisbon, the earthquake has just occurred, the city is in complete ruins and thirty thousands of people are dead. Again Voltaire mocks Pangloss philosophy of "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds”. However, there is also a part where the resident whom, have lost everything, still help feed Candide and Lisbon. I think the fact the residents whom lost everything, are willing to share the little they have. This gives hope to the human race. The issue came when the resident felt that by roasting several

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