Candide, Chapter 19: samenvatting

Wat er gebeurt

1. After a hundred days of travel, Candide and Cacambo have only two sheep left, though these still carry enormous wealth.
2. Near Surinam, an enslaved man describes mutilation and exploitation, prompting Candide to reject Pangloss’s optimism.
3. A Spanish captain refuses passage to Buenos Aires, so Candide sends Cacambo for Cunegonde and plans a reunion in Venice.
4. Mynheer Vanderdendur takes advance payment, loads the sheep, and sails away without Candide.
5. The Dutch magistrate fines Candide for his disturbance and charges for hearing his complaint, deepening his anger.
6. Candide hears many accounts of suffering and selects an impoverished philosopher to accompany him to Bordeaux.

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Waar je op kunt letten

Candide defines the optimism he now rejects. The enslaved man’s suffering makes abstract reassurance impossible for him to accept.

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