Candide showed how people become hypocritical and turn their backs on others when something of importance to them is involved. He is betrayed many times during his adventures by people he trusts, this betrayal only gets him into more problems than he had before. One of the themes of the book is shown right away, when he is caught by Baron Thunder-ten tronckh kissing his daughter Lady Cunegonde and is literally kicked out of the house by the Baron (21) and how he puts his trust in a ship captain with his riches so that he may go home to Europe (88-89). Both of these betrayals only create more problems for Candide when he is kicked out of the house and all his troubles to get through life begin when he goes to the dock and the captain of the ship had sailed away with all his riches. This shows tha

Voltaire also criticizes the brutality of war. Throughout Candide's adventures we know about war. Its senseless and hopeless brutality and the destruction and human waste that surrounds it. War reveals itself as Candide witnesses the casualties of war. In the battle between the Bulgars and Abares Candide hides away to watch the battle and during this time he notices the many dead bodies of soldiers and innocent people because of war (25). Candide notices that there is no point in war between the two sides because there is ultimately no reason that can justify for so many dismembered and dead men. Another example is when Candide is captured by Oreillions who are at war with the Jesuits he is almost eaten by them until he proved that he was not a Jesuit by reporting that he had killed a Jesuit commander (69). This shows that wars can be justified by one little insignificant reason. But, insignificant reasons give armies or people the justification to go to war and to fight brutally and kill each other. In war there is no reason or order. War in essence is irrational and a total disorder. For example, two sides might be fighting over a piece of land just because it has important significance to them, but in the end whatever side or army prevails the death and chaos resulting of this confrontation affects both sides and all around it. The world has no reason or order when the results of war are chaos and death, which is one of Voltaire's points.

In the story another example represents the fact that men are always greedy and that this trait dominates their lives. Candide who possessed a large amount of money had power because of it. This made many people jealous of him and wanted to take his riches for themselves. When Candide is in France he is trick

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