Voltaire's Candide

Voltaire wrote Candide for many reasons. He used it to present his opinions on the state of society and on the ideas and theories put forth by his contemporaries. He used the character of Pangloss to satire Leibnitz and his view that this world was the best world because God had created it. All of the misery and greif shown in the story, and the constant referral by Candide to Pangloss' philosophy is meant to …

…ending of the book can thus be seen in a philosophical context; by digging the garden, Candide and the others accept their lot in life, but unlike Liebnitz's Optimists, they strive to change it. for the better. The ending is an analogy for how Voltaire thinks humans should live. We need to accept the class and status to which we are born, as there is no changing that; what we can change is our future.