Candide, Chapter 5: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. James rescues the sailor who strikes him, falls into the sea, and drowns while Pangloss prevents Candide from jumping after him.
2. Candide, Pangloss, and the sailor survive the wreck and reach Lisbon, where an earthquake kills thirty thousand people.
3. The sailor steals money and pursues pleasure, while Pangloss offers explanations instead of promptly treating Candide’s wounds.
4. Pangloss brings water when Candide faints; the next day, they find food and help survivors, who give them dinner.
5. At dinner, Pangloss defends universal goodness, and an officer of the Inquisition questions him about original sin and free will.

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Cosa notare

Pangloss presents disaster as necessary and right. His assurance clashes with the deaths and grief around him and prompts the officer’s religious questions.

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