Candide, Chapter 14: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Cacambo urges Candide to flee and seek employment with the Jesuits, despite Candide’s distress at leaving Cunegonde.
2. Cacambo describes a government where the Jesuits possess everything and fight European kings whose confessions they also hear.
3. Guards confiscate their weapons and horses, but the Commandant welcomes Candide after learning that he is German.
4. Candide receives a lavish breakfast while Paraguayans outside eat maize from wooden bowls.
5. Candide and the Commandant recognize each other, revealing the officer as Cunegonde’s brother.
6. Candide tells the Commandant that Cunegonde lives with the Governor of Buenos Aires, and they continue their emotional conversation.

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Cosa notare

Cacambo praises a system that concentrates wealth in religious hands. The contrasting meals give a visible example of this inequality.

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