that what really lasts can't be found in a pocket, but a place where dreams and feelings are kept: the mind and the heart.

This novel easily correlates with today's world. Such as Candide searches for happiness, we as well, or at least I, also go on throughout life searching for the same thing. Just as individuals are optimistic and pessimistic about the world, the characters of Pangloss and Martin are just that in the novel. They believe that any misfortunes, deaths, or sufferings will reveal a rationale explanation in the end. Others on the other hand believe that we are in this world to only suffer. I personally know people that see life in a negative way. They judge everything and feel like victims. Also in the novel we read how innocent people suffer. For example, going back to my birthplace, Nicaragua

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Approximate Word count = 550
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)