Candide Notes

Objects of Satire
-religion
-war/military
-philosophy of optimism
-race/gender/class
-human feelings

Understatement – “only”

Incongruity – do not make sense

-specify meaning in every sentence
-define diction and syntax
-specifics
-comment on how it is satire
-syntax: commas add information
-complex sentence + multiple ideas = more detailed portrayal, confusing -> ambigious meaning, more examples -> more convincing