The novel Candide by Voltaire is a great peice of satire that makes fun of the way people in medievil times thought. The book is about a man, Candide, and his misfortunes. Throughout the book Candide has countless things go wrong in order to show that this is not 'the best of all possible worlds' Voltaire is trying to make a point through the exaggeration of the inhumanities of man in a humorous way.          The …showed first 75 words of 747 total…

…showed last 75 words of 747 total…medievil man's problems and the distorted philisophical ideas of the times.         Voltaire presents some major ideas in his novel Candide. Through satire he proves that this is not the best of all possible worlds by showing the reader the problems of medievil times. Voltaire presents these ideas through a young boy, Candide. Voltaire's Candide is a great satirical peice that makes fun of medievil people's ideas in hope to open minds and inform the reader.