He begins with the plight of children in Ireland, mentioning how many of them are beggars, he goes on to give his solution using satire. This is done with Swift suggesting that young children be sold as food especially to rich people, mentioning how, they might add to the variety of meals, through different preparation. He wants the kids to be more useful in the world. Swift thinks that if the children of Ireland are being sold than maybe the British will pay attention to their troubling situation. Swift believes that his proposal will be a success because he wants to help poor children in Ireland have the hope that they would be of service one day. He also believes that it will increase the care and tenderness of mothers toward their children. …show more content…
From when we were born we have developed a sense of pride for ourselves. We are prideful in where we came from, what we wear, how we act, our thoughts, and feeling. Because of this we are all inherently evil because we have been filled with pride, thoughts and feelings. In other words, human society partakes of the universal order. As a society we all want to be successful in one way or another. We want to be involved with the successful social order. Sometimes we get too caught up in the idea that we need to be the best out there. We need to always have the best outfits or the newest clothes and accessories or the best body shape. But man’s true happiness is when one is stripped of their pride. We can’t be truly happy until we are happy with ourselves. There is a lot of speculation with this and the beauty behind it. I think what Pope means by, “ Whatever is, is right” that although we all may be in misery or choosing a path less traveled in life the path we tentatively choose is the right path for us. For instance we may be motivated by envy, a person may develop courage and want to emulate accomplishments of another, and another may attain the virtue of prudence. Nature is unknown to all of us. Pope explains that we are all born blind in this world. Some may know what their ambitions may be as others are flying by the seat of their …show more content…
This includes war, greed, knowledge, philosophy, politics, and religion. This quest finds the characters, including Candide, searching for that elusive that they feel will bring them happiness. The closest Candide gets is at the story's close. He got what he wanted (a now wretched Cunégonde), but ironically she is now not so desirable. What do you do then? Candide answers: "we must cultivate our gardens." In this commune, everyone has a job, a purpose to keep them busy and away from boredom, vice, and poverty. We are all born with a purpose here on this earth. Some plans are more elaborate than others but nevertheless they are all important in God’s eyes. And even though Pangloss, in spite of the tortures he has endured still waxes optimistically, Candide is no longer fooled. The existence of any evil in the world would have to be a sign that God is either not entirely good or not all-powerful, and the idea of an imperfect God is nonsensical. These philosophers took for granted that God exists, and concluded that since God must be perfect, the world he created must be perfect also. Evilness is not center of God’s grand plan. According to these philosophers, people perceive imperfections in the world only because they do not understand God’s grand plan. Because Voltaire does not accept that a perfect God (or any God) has to exist, he can afford to mock the idea that the