Candide is a story of a worthy man’s life during the Enlightenment period in which Voltaire tries to produce a mad, evil world. In this world, Candide struggles to survive, yet some how comes to terms with the way life ultimately is. In the book, life is somewhat expressed as a tornado of obstacles that one must overcome in order find happiness. Under much anxiety and struggle, Candide is forced to overcome this tornado …showed first 75 words of 750 total…

…showed last 75 words of 750 total…he realized at the end that you live by your own values not what another wants you too. The moral of the whole book was based around satire of all possible worlds of the Enlightenment period. Voltaire uses Candide throughout the book to express make fun at people’s ideals of living in hope to open minds of the reader. Candide just wants everyone to achieve happiness, and he shows the reader that you can.