Theme- Prompt #2
In the novel, Candide, Voltaire demonstrates the destructive nature of self-pity.
The main character, Candide, has great pity on himself. After he is kicked out of his “earthly paradise”, he is all alone for the first time. He “rais[es] his eyes to heaven” and weeps and moans over his lady love, causing him to become sick and not wanting to eat, gradually gaining his self-pity (357). He feels like he did no wrong, even though he did, and thinks he does not deserve to get…
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