Journal 2: Candide by Voltaire

INCLUDE AT LEAST 3 QUOTES IN YOUR JOURNAL!
Read until page 205 (the end of Chapter 13).

Choose one of the following:

How does Voltaire use satire to critique or subtly harass political, religious, and social authority? 

OR

The old woman tells Candide: “Imagine my situation, the daughter of a pope, only fifteen years old, who in the space of three months had been exposed to poverty and slavery, had been raped almost daily, had seen her mother torn to pieces, had endured war and famine, and was now dying of the plague in Algiers”. What does this passage, and others like it, suggest about the reality of women’s lives during the Age of Reason? Elaborate upon the Age of Reason.  Does Voltaire seem content that ALL is governed by the notion of reason?

1 page due Wednesday.