Candide or "Optimism" by Voltaire

Candide is a satire written by the philosopher Voltaire during the enlightenment. The story begins with the ever innocent Candide who lives in the castle of the baron Thunder-ten-tronckh in the German town of Westphalia. Candide is the son of the baron's sister and is in love with the barons daughter Cunegonde. The other characters of the story are the castles tutor Pangloss, the maid Paquette, the old lady, Martin, and Cacambo. Pangloss is a great philosopher who teaches his students Cunegonde, Candide, and Paquette that the place they live in is "the best of all possible worlds". But the story begins with the baron catching Candide kissing his daughter Cunegonde and he then banishes Candide. The castle is then destroyed by the Bulgar army and everyone is killed accept Candide. This sets Candide of on his travels only to find out that his love is not dead so he goes halfway around the world to find her. The rest of the story is all plot based on his travels until the end where Candide is reunited with Cunegonde, Pangloss, and Paquette and they live on a farm happily ever after. The story was very confusing and it was almost all plot to me. Ms. Fletcher told me that there is more to it and you have to analyze it more. She alsosaid that you'll read it in college so if you can wait till then. I would only recommend it to those up for the challenge.