Sunday, February 26, 2012

Really?

By far the most screwed up book I have read in a long time, scratch that, the weirdest book ever written! Voltaire’s cunning tactics of satire, give the book that extra degree of spice in which the book excels. The book goes from: Characters disappearing and appearing, two different worlds, and random lives are taken from the most random occurrences. All this accumulates to one hell of a novel, you read from sex scenes to ideas and philosophies that still haven’t been answered today. Voltaire addresses his fellow countrymen by banding all the flaws of society, making fun of them and then eventually giving it a solution or an example where the world does operate correctly to his standards. For example: "We never pray,’ said this good and venerable man; ‘we have nothing to ask of God, since He has given us everything we need. But we thank him unceasingly"( 79) Voltaire here criticizes his European grounds by expressing the European daily view of "enough is never enough", he points out that his people only want to receive, but are never willing to give. But here is where Voltaire thrives in making his point, he not only expresses his perspective, he makes it seem possible, achievable. Voltaire mentions that across the Atlantic Ocean, people will find communities thriving of culture and well-beings, where people have what they need and are content with the lives they live, making thus a more successful society. Voltaire makes sure that his goals are in fact possible and no only that, but people are already living happy lives with such philosophies. So all this persuasive writing, drastic turn of events, and overall unimaginable scenarios that Voltaire makes up and elaborates, texts that are still read four-hundred years after his death. Ends with a conclusion, named "conclusion"? Voltaire are you *&%$in kidding me? That’s worse than any thing you can imagine. Besides deciding to end the book because your pen ran out of ink, now you end such a text with "conclusion.” 
Bite Me Voltaire, You Bastard.

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