Candide, Chapter 2 — краткое содержание

Что происходит

1. Hungry and cold, Candide reaches Waldberghofftrarbk-dikdorff, where two men in blue offer him dinner and money.
2. After making him drink to their king, the men shackle Candide and take him to a regiment.
3. Candide receives blows during military training, then takes a walk because he believes he is free to do so.
4. Four soldiers capture him, and he must choose between repeated whipping by the regiment and death by shooting.
5. After enduring two rounds of whipping, Candide begs to be shot, but the passing king pardons him.
6. A surgeon treats Candide for three weeks, and he can march when the Bulgarian king goes to war.

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На что обратить внимание

Candide's belief in freedom offers no protection against military force. His captors allow only a choice between forms of violence.

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