High Expectations

Candide is a very interesting story. And most importantly Candide is a remarkable character. Throughout most of the book until the end Candide has wished to marry Connegonde. This is like some of the dreams that we have and we keep on dreaming about them, like for example I have always dreamed of dancing beautiful ballet and every free time that I have I will try to think about my solos and how great I can do it with my partner. But then when the real moment comes and my dreams are over and all that is left is reality I will notice that my partner does not dance as good as I thought he would. And this is a disappointment for me, because I had tried my best and had dreams but suddenly they faded away. A similar thing happened to Candide when he was completely in love with Cunegode and her extraordinary beauty. As the book advances and Candide has the opportunity of seeing her and realized that each time that he saw her he felt that he was more in love and to a certain extend he is dozed off by her. And he proposed her to marry him and she accepted. Time kept passing by and Candide could not stop thinking about her. But then a disappointment arose because when Candide met with her again he saw how Cunegode had changed so much and she was no longer as beautiful as she was before. Due to this moment and realization Candide decided that he did not love her, and decided not to marry. "At the bottom of his heart Candide had no wish to marry Cunégode"(138). This quote is totally true, after all Candide was in love with her beauty and not with her in the inside. The thing that most surprised me about this was all that Candide went through and did for the love and to marry Cunegode, and he never gave up. But in the ended Candide ended up disappointed just as I did.