Outline:
Pangloss was a great person, with a kind heart, and a positive thinker.
- Pangloss was very optimistic and a philosopher as well.
- Pangloss taught Candide when he was young about thinking optimistically.
- Candide, the main character, always keeps his heart and mind open.
- Candide takes what Pangloss says to heart and remembers it for later reference.
- Candide was continually optimistic, even though his life was hard.
Pangloss made great points about life throughout his travels and inspired Candide to remain optimistic even in times of great hardships. - Pangloss said that everything that happens is the best it could be and there is no effect without a cause.
- Believed God made everything that happens happen in the best way it can be.
- Pangloss believed that optimism was key and that everything happened for a reason.
- He was banished from a castle, stabbed Cunegonde's brother, found the Golden City by mistake, and was reunited with his love at the end.
Martin was an irksome person, who had a negative yet more realistic outlook on life. He caused turmoil between he and those around him. - Martin was a pessimist and created a negative atmosphere.
- Martin was bluntly realistic compared to Pangloss's philosophy of optimism.
- He talked about rising above all the evil of the world to get to God.
- His pessimism irked Candide during their travels together.
- Martin keeps trying to dissolve Candide's hope of ever finding and marrying Cunegonde.
However, Candide never gives up hope, and in the end through all the problems he's faced, he still manages to marry Cunegonde and live happily with her - He befriended an elder woman who helped to reunite he and Cunegonde at the end.
- Everything that happened, happened for the best in his mind, which kept Candide going. He married the girl he loved and lived a good life.
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