Target

I just realized that all along I have read and understood the book the WRONG way. But I do not regret it, because I like learning from my mistakes. Today’s class I found out that it takes practice to get the tone right to the writing and understand what it is meant to transmit. I thought that Candide had some pieces of satire, yet not that the whole piece was a satire. And looking back I understand that it is true, that it actually is satire. Every event has a target, a mockery that has a specific target. An individual or a generalization, but it does have a target. I couldn’t believe it! It felt so good to understand much better. Is not that I had found the book boring, I didn’t, I actually likes it and had enjoyed it a lot, but now that I know that it is A satire, it get to enjoy it more, get the juice of it.

“He was a quarter Spaniard of half-breed Argentine stock, and had been successively chorister, verger, sailor, monk, commercial traveler, soldier, and footman.” (pg. 61) this satire is targeted to the slaves. Most servants are useful for absolutely everything, and probably know more than the master, but they are not recognized because of it.
“He made a sign, at which twenty-four soldiers surrounded the two new-comers.” Jajaja! Voltaire is evidently making fun through the novel of the aristocracy, the noblemen, the kings, Governors and all the people in power. The exaggeration of their power and wealth, that with just a gesture, twenty four soldiers come in.