Dialectical Journal #11: Candide

Passages From The Text	Pg #	Comments & Questions
“’ But you, my dear Pangloss,’ said Candide, ‘how is it that we meet again?’            ‘It is true that you did see me hanged,’ said Pangloss. “… The rope was wet and wouldn’t slip through properly, and it got caught. So I was still breathing…”	92	(R) I think that it is absolutely ridiculous that this guy is still alive!!! I thought he was dead then suddenly he’s back surviving against all odds- and logic. I also don’t even understand why Voltaire would bring this character into the story again, especially now when it is practically over. Perhaps he is going to use Pangloss the philosopher to make one final jab at Leibniz just in case the reader forgot that this whole story was a satire on his teachings.