Candide

In the beginning of Voltaire’s Candide, Candide is expelled from the Baron's castle for kissing Cunégonde. After forced enlistment in the Bulgarian army Candide fled to Holland where he met Jacques the Anabaptist, and found the philosopher, Dr. Pangloss. Pangloss told Candide that the Bulgarians raped and disemboweled Cunégonde. Following the news, Candide, Jacques, and Pangloss sailed to Lisbon. A storm destroyed the ship leaving Jacques to drown, and Candide and Pangloss …showed first 75 words of 604 total…

…showed last 75 words of 604 total…situations and lifestyles to be better than that of their own. Voltaire used Candide's journeys to portray the human assumption that the grass is always greener on the other side. This theme is shown in Candide's strife for companionship, his experience with wealth, and his interaction with other characters. The situations that developed the theme do so in such a way that the reader is able to understand and relate to the aspirations of Candide.