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Throughout the novel Candide, Voltaire satirizes and mocks many aspects of the
Enlightenment period. Just to name a few, he often makes criticisms towards the military,
the church, and cruelty to human beings. The world of the miltary during the
Enlightenment was full of evil, cruelty, and suffering. The church insisted that it was the
only source of truth and that all who lived outside its bounds were damned. Many people
were against the beliefs of Voltaire but based upon the happenings in the militrary and the
church I believe that his criticisms were justified.
Powerful members of the nobility start wars, but common soldiers and subjects
suffer the consequences. Neither side of the conflict is better than the other, and both
engage in rape, murder, and destruction. During the Enlightenment the military nor
those who were governing them did not care for the safety or care of their soliders. They
were both equally corrupt. In the novel, Canide is conscripted to......

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