Although life is difficult, we are the ones who make it better, but how do we make it better? It would be really difficult to give you a true answer to that question, but I'll give you my own opinion. We often worry too much about things that really aren't that important, things that have no impact on our life. We forget about the real meaning of union because we have this concept that we live in a world of competition. When will we realize that it is not about winning alone, but winning together? It really worries me that when people realize this, it will be too late...
In the last chapter of the book, Pangloss responds to Candide "You are quite right, when man was placed in the Garden of Eden, he was put there to distress it and keep it, to work, in fact; which proves that man was not born to an easy life." (143) That's correct Pangloss, now that's what I like to hear... We, as readers can see how Pangloss evolves his ideas throughout the text, at first he said that this is the best of all possible worlds and now he insists that "man was not born to an easy life." Voltaire argues that although life is not easy, we are the ones who solve its difficulties. By solving our own problems, we learn to persevere and to manage reality with more maturity. Martin says that "We must work without arguing; that it is the only way to make life bearable." (144) I believe toleration is a really important quality every one of us should have as a community. Differences often tear us apart into different identities, which is catastrophic because this means we have no future as a community and that we will never win together, but alone.
The final sentence of the book is really inspiring because it evokes change and unity, something a lot of the characters were lacking at the beginning of the book. Candide says "That's true enough, but we must go and work in the garden." (144) When he says "garden" he is referring to the Garden of Eden. He is now a man that has discovered the real meaning of life. With this closing sentence, we can infer that he gave up his love on Condegonde, but that he is a new man that looks forward to working for progress in his own community.
In the last chapter of the book, Pangloss responds to Candide "You are quite right, when man was placed in the Garden of Eden, he was put there to distress it and keep it, to work, in fact; which proves that man was not born to an easy life." (143) That's correct Pangloss, now that's what I like to hear... We, as readers can see how Pangloss evolves his ideas throughout the text, at first he said that this is the best of all possible worlds and now he insists that "man was not born to an easy life." Voltaire argues that although life is not easy, we are the ones who solve its difficulties. By solving our own problems, we learn to persevere and to manage reality with more maturity. Martin says that "We must work without arguing; that it is the only way to make life bearable." (144) I believe toleration is a really important quality every one of us should have as a community. Differences often tear us apart into different identities, which is catastrophic because this means we have no future as a community and that we will never win together, but alone.
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