I don't know which I find more annoying. Pangloss is too naive to even realize that the world can be cruel, and Martin is so pessimistic, that it gets on my nerves. One sees the world as the world as if it was all rainbows and butterflies, while the other one just sees it as a place that was created "to drive us mad." (page 95).
The world is a good place, but it isn't perfect. Everyone has there ups and there downs. I don't believe that a person can live with just the good and just the bad. They will experience tough times but they will also pass through some very good memories. Take Candide for example. After being kicked out from his home, taken to war, ship wreck, almost hanged, and having the love of his life taken away from him, his stop at Eldorado seemed to almost make things right again. Another example is the old lady. She is someone who has really suffered, and somehow she is able to be in love with life.
I get it, both of these men come from totally different backgrounds. One comes from a place where everything is said to be perfect. He used to live in a mansion, doing what he loved most. While the other one was robbed by his wife, beaten by his son, and abandoned by his daughter. Pangloss had a good life. He has many different reasons to see why can life is bliss. Martin has been traumatized with all thats happend to him. He just can't accept that there is actually some good out there. It's very simple to understand why each of them think the way they do, the only problem is that they take their opinion of life to the extreme. I'll be honest, when someone is overly happy I find it annoying and disturbing, but when someone is overly pessimistic, I find it boring and disturbing as well. I think that person should live their life knowning that isn't always fair, that there will be times when horrible things will happen, but you need to learn how to rise above them. There's no right or wrong way of living life, but sometimes this can be key to really know what it's all about. But hey, I'm only 15 years-old, I'm still learning.
The world is a good place, but it isn't perfect. Everyone has there ups and there downs. I don't believe that a person can live with just the good and just the bad. They will experience tough times but they will also pass through some very good memories. Take Candide for example. After being kicked out from his home, taken to war, ship wreck, almost hanged, and having the love of his life taken away from him, his stop at Eldorado seemed to almost make things right again. Another example is the old lady. She is someone who has really suffered, and somehow she is able to be in love with life.
I get it, both of these men come from totally different backgrounds. One comes from a place where everything is said to be perfect. He used to live in a mansion, doing what he loved most. While the other one was robbed by his wife, beaten by his son, and abandoned by his daughter. Pangloss had a good life. He has many different reasons to see why can life is bliss. Martin has been traumatized with all thats happend to him. He just can't accept that there is actually some good out there. It's very simple to understand why each of them think the way they do, the only problem is that they take their opinion of life to the extreme. I'll be honest, when someone is overly happy I find it annoying and disturbing, but when someone is overly pessimistic, I find it boring and disturbing as well. I think that person should live their life knowning that isn't always fair, that there will be times when horrible things will happen, but you need to learn how to rise above them. There's no right or wrong way of living life, but sometimes this can be key to really know what it's all about. But hey, I'm only 15 years-old, I'm still learning.
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