The main character has many qualities that make his name "Candide" appropriate, he is named Candide because of the setting of the novel and the way the character is brought up. He is a young man living in a paradise like home, he was indoctrinated Leibnizian optimism by his mentor. The short novel describes the main character, Candide as being of "a very simple spirit" and his face as being an index of his mind. His mentor, taught him that he lives in the "best of all possible worlds", he constantly teaches him that everything that happens is for the best.
<h3>The speaker is content with his accomplishments and his place in the world</h3>
That line belongs to T.S. Elliot’s longest poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” .
In this poem, the main character, Prufrock, is trying to gather the courage to ask a very important question to a woman. And he talks about how he has managed to adjust and adapt to the social standard of living of his circle. While he is debating asking or not the question, option that he ultimately declines, he wonders if by asking this question he would create an imbalance on the environment that he has adapted to.
When he told her that he wouldn't touch her again, they decided that she would become a vampire so that they can have a 'normal' relationship.
What book or article were you referring to? Could you leave the excerpt?
