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Voltaire's Candide: Literary Analysis

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The selections are from Voltaire’s Candide which is about Dr. Pangloss and his pupil Candide which appears to support each other. One would speak their mind while the other would approve of had been said. The surprise to the reading would be that the two Portuguese were burned for not eating bacon, and Candide was flogged while Pangloss was hanged. It was assumed that the Portuguese were Jews. According to Sayre (2015), the men were burnt because they would not eat bacon, (p 840 – 841). The reader can see this as a surprise in the selection for that there would be many reasons for not eating bacon. Just because people would not eat bacon, does not mean they are Jews. They could have disliked bacon or maybe the bacon was not cooked to their
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