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CANDIDE  

Candide is a novel that many generations of readers have been able to relate to because of its tone and theme.

Expressing his pessimistic opinion through satire and wit, this influential writer used one of his many controversial writings, Candide, to indirectly express his views of Enlightenment and what he believed needed reform.

Voltaire's Candide was a story that presented the harsh realities of a world filled with evil, selfishness, intolerance, and superstition. Through his novel he attacks the philosophy of optimism which asserts that all is well, when all is not.

An essay discussing the novel Candide, and the controversial opinions held by it's author.

Mr. Stolyarov writes of one of the lessons Voltaire seeks to teach in Candide: to reject perfectionism as a route toward happiness and instead to use reason to match one's standards for oneself and reality with one's capacity to actualize them.

This essay explains how Candide does not live in the best of all worlds, as Pangloss taught him.

As Pope and Voltaire's correspondence progressed, Voltaire gained a greater admiration and adherence to Pope's beliefs and teachings. However, with Mme du Chatelet's death, Voltaire swiftly renounced his adherence and support of Pope and Leibnitz's fervent optimism.

In Voltaire's novel, Candide, there are two major themes that we, as the readers, see: fate and free will.

Princes William and Harry talk about their mother, Princess Diana's death in an exclusive interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, reports the Gaurdian.

Analysis of pages 135-163 of Heidegger's Parmenides, with brief application to Voltaire's Candide.

A summary of pages 43-102 of Martin Heidegger's Parmenides, with the concepts applied briefly to Voltaire's Candide.

Our love of things keeps us working harder and longer than necessary; just to get the finer materials, making us prone to manipulation and voluntary slavery.

Tim McCarver continues his career as a top TV broadcaster despite his penchant for fantasy, distortion, team bias and bumbling predictions that immediately turn out to be wrong. That he continues to broadcast in the postseason is inexplicable, if not a downrigh scandal.

This paper discusses symbolism used in the play The Post Office written by the Indian Author Rabindranath Tagore.

Certain examples of banned and challenged books come without surprise; Mein Kampf is a banned book, as is The Anarchist Cookbook. Other choices can surprise readers - The Wizard of Oz, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and The Diary of Anne Frank are a few examples.

This article details the history of every Broadway theater with a list of their shows.

This paper examines the origines of modern satire, through Voltaire and Hogarth.

A government forbidding a book, or any other form of enlightenment for that matter, is certainly not a new occurrence.

This essay gives a brief biography of John Locke and Fancois-Marie Arouet (Voltaire), and describes their contributions to society.

In part one of this article five of the festivals that Edinburgh offers were discussed. There are still four more festivals to visit during August 2007 if you can fit them into your schedule.

An analysis of satire using many different resources, focusing mainly on the work of Voltaire, Orwell, and Erasmus.

Mr. Stolyarov refutes the prevalent mindset among intellectuals that truth must be pursued solely for its own sake. Rather, he contends that the purpose of truth is to enable the individual to survive and flourish.

A satiracle look at the actions, thoughts and ministrations of contemporary national government.

You've got a favorite sitcom. And you've got a favorite episode of that sitcom. Did I recognize the same genius that you did?

Mr. Stolyarov advocates an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary approach to changing the political and cultural status quo; he suggests that friends of liberty and reason try to focus on the fringe issues which few people in the mainstream notice.

Schools today are notorious for draconian punishments and paranoid fears in every area. This poetic satire by G. Stolyarov II explores the trend and the motivations behind it.

My regular customers know they can always come to me for book recommendations. I turned the tables on them this week and asked some sophomores what they've read recently. I was impressed by the titles they mentioned, and am pleased to share their choices with you now.

Hundreds of books have been written about writing and selling fiction. Here are ten of the best, and why you should own them.

Satire is my favorite genre, and if anyone tells you that writing satire is easy you have blessing to kick his/her/its posterior from here to the Romulan Empire.

The first season of Gomer Pyle, USMC has finally made it to DVD. Don't be fooled, this was great television comedy.

Pamela Anderson Lee's wedding outfit (a white bikini), Debbie Gibson's halloween Seances, and Pres. Nixon's favorite Johnny Cash tune. Learn while you laugh. A music event timeline, covering the craziness of rock history w/ some down2earth facts mixed in.

one of the best plays of Broadway: A must

Analysis of Heidegger's Parmenides, pages 103-134, with brief application to literature.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High is one of the rare teen-sex comedies that deserves its reputation as a classic of the genre. Worth a look!

The Easy Rawlins series is where Walter Mosley's genius best expresses itself. This is a genius of ear and eye, of vision and soul.

Popular culture is often viewed as a distraction in the English classroom, but it can be used to advance students' enjoyment of classical literature.