“She quite innocently kissed hers with singular grace and ardour. Their lips met, their eyes flashed, their knees trembled, and their hands would not keep still.” (Pg. 21) From this description we can see that Candide and Lady Cunégonde were deeply in love and this was their way of showing it. It didn’t take long for someone to ruin this marvelous moment. The Baron kicked him out and so he wondered off alone. From that day on things only got worse. He was punished and torture by the Bulgars and if it weren’t for the King, that was luckily walking pass them, he would had been beheaded. We later learn that the King only saved him because he needed more men for the war. “The course had been set for the third heat, but Candide could endure no more and begged them to do him the kindness of beheading him instead.” (Pg. 24) All of these suffering are due to the women he loves. The moment he kissed her, he knew that he was risking a lot, but he still did. He is so deeply in love that he was willing to die for her.
At this point is when I start to disagree. I don’t believe that one should risk everything one has because you don’t know if the person you love is willing to do the same in return. What if Lady Cunégonde feelings toward him aren’t as strong? Would Candide die for nothing? Would he suffer for nothing? People’s feelings are always changing: in one minute they are telling you that they love you and in the next they disappear from your life without any explanation. One has to be completely sure that the person you love loves you back before you risk everything for them. If things goes as planned you would have lost many things but not the women/men that you love. But if the opposite occurs you will be left with nothing.
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