Candide Book Analysis

My interest in literature lies with Candide by Voltaire on this book analysis because of it's heavy emphasis in satire and my desire to find out every angle of it throughout the reading. This meaning I have not read it yet but am looking forward to seeing all the short stories tied together in full descriptive manors. This means scenes that were discussed in class such as Candide falling for Cunegonde in the first place, Candide's involvement in the army, and even simple things like his relationship with Pangloss. I find this very intriguing and as the story goes on it gets more and more complex and more and more satire is added on in the form of short stories regarding Candide and his quest to see Cunegonde. If I was to compare this to something I would say Candide has resemblance to the Forrest Gump movie. This is because the plot changes so extremely fast and to such a dramatic extent throughout the whole story. For example in Forrest Gump, he was a football star, then became part of the army, then became a pingpong star, and even went on to be a shrimp boat captain. This showed great irony that a person who is considered stupid, going off and being more successful than "average" people. This isn't how I think Candide's satire will be played but, it is uncanny that the ever switching story line is close in this case. As for what I expect, I think that once I read the actual literature, the satire will be a lot clearer than with a brief summary. This is because humor, irony, or exaggeration are hard to distinguish in summary, I feel like more in depth and captivating parts of the story will not only make the message clear but also make it stick in my head.  

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