Candide - Chapter 09 Summary- It is Saturday night - Don Issachar arrives and finds Candide talking with It is Saturday night - Don Issachar arrives and finds Candide talking with his woman. Don Issachar is very upset and attacks Candide- Candide his woman. Don Issachar is very upset and attacks Candide- Candide fights back and kills Don Issachar. Cunegonde longs for Pangloss’ fights back and kills Don Issachar. Cunegonde longs for Pangloss’ advise, but Pangloss is dead. On Sunday morning- at 1:00 am- The advise, but Pangloss is dead. On Sunday morning- at 1:00 am- The Inquisitor arrives- Candide kills him- Candide keeps the girl. Inquisitor arrives- Candide kills him- Candide keeps the girl. New Character - Don Issachar- Jewish. He is a very jealous man- He is New Character - Don Issachar- Jewish. He is a very jealous man- He is not friendly. He is described as “the most choleric Hebrew seen in Israel not friendly. He is described as “the most choleric Hebrew seen in Israel since the Babylonian captivity” (2050). since the Babylonian captivity” (2050). *Towns - From Lisbon, Portugal to Avacena. *Theme - Up to this point, Candide has been the victim, but now he take courage. Candide declares, “he has already had me whipped without mercy; he is my Candide declares, “he has already had me whipped without mercy; he is my rival; I have already killed once; why hesitate?” (2051). rival; I have already killed once; why hesitate?” (2051). Also, the Inquisitor receives a grand burial, while the Jew is thrown in Also, the Inquisitor receives a grand burial, while the Jew is thrown in a dunghill. The Catholic Inquisitor is treated as a hero, and the Jew as less than a dunghill. The Catholic Inquisitor is treated as a hero, and the Jew as less than human. human.

Chapter 10 Summary- A Franciscan friar steals Cunegonde’s jewels- Cunegonde, Candide and the old woman travel to the New World. Cadide becomes captain of the fleet. Candide thinks that the New World is better than Europe. Cunegonde feels that she has lost all hope because she has suffered much. The old woman tells Cunegonde that she has suffered more than Cunegonde. A Franciscan friar steals Cunegonde’s jewels- Cunegonde, Candide and the old woman travel to the New World. Cadide becomes captain of the fleet. Candide thinks that the New World is better than Europe. Cunegonde feels that she has lost all hope because she has suffered much. The old woman tells Cunegonde that she has suffered more than Cunegonde. Traveling- Cadiz (here they take the fleet to the Americas). Traveling- Cadiz (here they take the fleet to the Americas). Theme- There is hope for Candide of a better world in the Americas- Our sufferings are small compared to the sufferings of others. Theme- There is hope for Candide of a better world in the Americas- Our sufferings are small compared to the sufferings of others. Also, Voltaire wants to demonstrate that it is important not to trust strangers (especially a friar because he can take your money and run). Also, Voltaire wants to demonstrate that it is important not to trust strangers (especially a friar because he can take your money and run).