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Genre Endings In Voltaire's Candide

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Francois-Marie Arouet, known by his pen name, Voltaire was one of the most distinguished Parisian philosophes of the enlightenment period. He was well known for his support of freedom of thought and freedom to be pessimistic. In the novel Candide, he expresses his pessimistic view throughout the story. The surprise endings in the story are two. The first one is where Dr. Pangloss was taken along with Candide to an extremely cool separate apartments. They were taken because one of them spoke their mind and the other one agreed to it; probably speaking against the upper class. The second surprise ending is where there was an earthquake following the hanging of Pangloss. This ending amazed and terrified Candide that he was appalled to witness
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