In 200-250 words, what concrete connections did you make between candide and the course theme of moral truths? include specific example

Candide and the theme of Moral Truths

Voltaire uses the protagonist, Candide, to imply that moral truth is subjective therefore, there will never be an absolute level of morality.Presented in this light,true morality is relative to the balance between a person´s good and bad actions ie. when the good that a person does surpasses the evil that they have done. For example, Candide says ‘if I had not been so lucky as to run Miss Cunegonde’s brother through the body, I should have been devoured without redemption'(Voltaire, 1999).Candide explains that he killed to protect himself and therefore he is justified for doing so. Any evil he might have committed is condoned by the subsequent good result. There is a incident when Candide kills the monkeys that were biting the buttocks of young ladies but these turned out to be their lovers. This is an example of  Voltaire´s  concept of moral truth. Although he killed two people he has saved the lives of the girls.

Besides, moral truth involves struggling to make  sure that the lives of his  loved ones are improved. ‘We must tend our garden’, he says so Candide helps Pangloss, Cunaagode and the old woman with a pure heart by buying  a farm so that they start cultivating to get ahead in life.  

All in all the concrete connections I  make between candide and the course theme of moral truths is that moral truth relative to the balance between your deeds and the level of commitment to you  loved ones.

swahili is an extremely rich and complex civilization, a set of ethnic groups articulated by a language and a series of cultural elements that fuse the african traditions, islam and indian culture. this growth was largely a result of the indian ocean trading network that brought in not just man-made riches, but also religious ideas, specifically islam, which had a significant impact on the local culture. furthermore, the development of the swahili language gave a common cultural unity to the people.