Benni and Maddie's Candide assignment

From watching the video about Candide, and looking at the pictures, we got a more in depth understanding of the context of the novel. The cover of Candide also writes "L'optomisme," which means optimism. Two characters, Pangloss and Martin, represent the two sides of optimism, Pangloss being an optimist, and Martin being a pessimist. The back of the book in some copies portrays a house. This image later went on to be the logo for Random House publishing. The author of the novel, Voltaire, is seen by some as being the father of human rights. He thinks that this world has much room for improvement. Voltaire also thinks that the world should have imperfections. We know this because Candide wasn't happy in El Dorado. Voltaire's ideal view of the world consists of a balance between happiness and hard work. That is why Candide settles down on a farm at the end of the novel.