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Candide Chapter 23 Summary

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Chapter 23:
Candide is sickened by the experience he went through in France and asks Martin if people in England are the same way, to which Martin answers that the same but just a different kind of crazy. They arrived at Portsmouth and a blindfolded admiral being executed in front of a cheering crowd because he didn’t kill enough people. After hearing such dreadful reason, Candide is disgusted and arranges a deal with the merchant to be taken straight to Venice. After two days, they sailed across the Mediterranean and landed in Venice. Candide embraces Martin and is glad that at least he will be reunited with Cunégonde at last. I believe the argument in this small chapter is to show that there can be worse things in like than stealing from …show more content…

Cacambo tells Candide that Cunégonde is at Constantinople, he tells him that his owner is looking for him and that they will leave as soon as they finish dinner. The six strangers begin to introduce themselves, the first one is Cacambo’s owner and said he was a Sultan before being dethroned by his nephew. The second one says he was an emperor of Russia, he was dethroned before he knew how to walk, parents having been locked up he was raised in prison. The third one was the king of England and stated that the kingdom tore out the hearts of eight hundred people, he was headed to Rome to visit his father the king. The fourth one says he is the king of Poles, but the war deprived him from hereditary estates and that he wishes long lives to the other king’s present. The fifth one also states that he is also the king of Poles dethrones two times. The sixth says he was selected king in Corsica. They all fell into hard times and have come to pass the carnival in Venice. The other kings listen to the last one and when he finished all of them gave him twenty sequins and Candide a diamond. The argument in this chapter is that once again Cunégonde is never in Candide’s reach, almost everyone who was once very fortune end up being nobody. The author presents this by the ridiculous scene of the six kings and their story. I was sad to find out Cacambo was a slave now, but glad he stayed true to his friend Candide and not stole the money or

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