Candide - Voltaires Writing St

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knows his place in society or his
duty, what he's doing or what he ought to be doing, and that outside
of mealtimes...the rest of the day is spent in useless
quarrels...-it's one unending warfare.

By having this character take on such a pessimistic tone, he
directly contradicts the obviously over-optimistic tone of Candide.
In the conclusion (page 1617) an old turk instructs Candide in the
futility of needless philosophizing by saying that "...the work
keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and poverty." In each
of these examples, the character chosen by the author comes across as
a reasonable and respectable person, making the author's point of view
seem just as reasonable and respectable.

Another technique Voltaire uses in Candide is that of taking
actual people and events and weaving into his work of fiction. He
often does this to mock or ridicule his political and literary
adversaries, as shown in the ...

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