Description: Pococurante is a very wealthy man who is not pleased with anything around him. He is such a perfectionist that no one can meet his standards, not even himself. In this book, Voltaire shows that perfectionism leads to inactivity because of the impossibly high standards that Pococurante has amongst himself. Not even the paintings in his house are up to his standards. He is so negative and his perfectionism led him to be a pessimist because not even he can meet his standards. He is just full of disappointment.