Candide, Chapter 16: samenvatting

Wat er gebeurt

1. Candide and Cacambo cross the border, stop in a meadow, and eat while Candide mourns his separation from Cunegonde.
2. Candide shoots two monkeys chasing girls, then learns from Cacambo that the dead animals are the girls’ lovers.
3. The travelers sleep in a wood, where the Oreillons bind them after receiving the girls’ report.
4. The Oreillons prepare to eat Candide because his clothes make him appear to be a Jesuit.
5. Cacambo asks them to verify that Candide kills the Jesuit whose clothes he wears.
6. After confirming his account, the Oreillons release both travelers, entertain them, and escort them to their border.

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Waar je op kunt letten

Cacambo replaces a moral appeal with an argument about shared enemies. His explanation turns Candide’s killing of the Jesuit into grounds for release.

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