El Dorado

The novel Candide, written by Voltaire was destined to attack every aspect of the human being, from its own absurdity to its darkest side.
As always this novel is full of satiric humor and peculiar events. For instance being saved by the death of another, which in fact is the brother of your beloved, reinstates the irony of the novel. Voltaire also uses absurdity. Using the Oreillons as a group of natives who celebrate the feast among the Jesuit meat, which unfortunately is Candide himself. By the way oreillon is a contagious virus in French. Even though Candide is not Jesuit (he is optimist) he is in the wrong place at the wrong time after committing various mistakes. Mistakes which he never thought that were going to be the wrong decision to make, for instance killing the monkeys. Who in the world would think that the girls had sympathy for these creatures? Ironically Candide had a great aim, but aimed at the wrong target. As well as the obsession for gold Voltaire describes a utopia were precious stones are the soil of this strange world. With scarcely any value, gold is the main topic of El Dorado. Symbolizing that what society in his time period desired most is the dirt of this perfect world. It is his point of view where the government is useful, where everybody is happy and craves for nothing. Like in Trafalmadore instead of gold it is forgetting that Vonnegut desires most. Representing his ideas in a three dimensional world where nothing matters. Anyhow it is different because Voltaire is intending to attack society in his time. At the same time Voltaire attacks ambition by sending Cacambo and Candide with the idea to rule the world but making them loose almost all their possessions.