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===Jacques=== | ===Jacques=== | ||
The good Anabaptist who rescued Candide from the “cruel and heartless treatment” inflicted by the black-coated man and his scandalous wife (381). He graciously took Candide home and gave him a bath, bread and beer, two florins, and a job. His charitable nature also moved him to take in Candide’s long-lost friend, Pangloss, and have him cured of the pox at his own expense. Two months later his good deeds cost him his life: Jacques drowned during a horrible tempest after aiding a merciless sailor. | The good Anabaptist who rescued Candide from the “cruel and heartless treatment” inflicted by the black-coated man and his scandalous wife (381). He graciously took Candide home and gave him a bath, bread and beer, two florins, and a job. His charitable nature also moved him to take in Candide’s long-lost friend, Pangloss, and have him cured of the pox at his own expense. Two months later his good deeds cost him his life: Jacques drowned during a horrible tempest after aiding a merciless sailor. | ||
Like Martin [[http://litmuse.maconstate.edu/litwiki/index.php/Candide#Martin Martin]], Jacques is pessimistic towards the behavior of the human race, but Martin believes that man is inherently cruel. Jacques' philosophy is as follows: "It must be, said he, that men have corrupted Nature, for they are not born wolves, yet that is what they have become" (383). In other words, mankind were not created with a predisposition to kill one another, to thrive on the misfortunes of others, or to just be cruel. However, over periods of time, that is what happened. | |||
===The old woman=== | ===The old woman=== | ||