Candide, Chapter 3: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Candide hides during a battle that kills thousands, then leaves while both kings hold religious services.
2. He crosses an Abarian village destroyed by Bulgarians and a Bulgarian village similarly devastated by Abarians.
3. His food runs out in Holland, where people threaten him with the workhouse for begging.
4. A speaker on charity refuses him bread over a religious question, and the speaker’s wife pours something from a window.
5. James cleans and feeds Candide, gives him money, and offers to teach him fabric making.
6. The next day, Candide encounters a beggar with severe bodily decay and a violent cough.

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Cosa notare

Candide separates his immediate hunger from the speaker’s religious test. The reply exposes the gap between preaching charity and feeding someone.

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