During Candide's journey he was robbed of his jewels and his sheep. This caused Candide to become sad and think about why men do the things they do. Later on he found one of the sheep that was stolen from him after two ships were fighting. The men that robbed him died when their ship sunk and the sheep was the only one that survived.Candide became very kind after he left the palace, when people saw how kind he was and how much he had they started taking advantage of him. They became greedy and their purpose of helping Candide was to take advantage of his kindness. Candide did not see that and he still paid them for their help. When he was reunited with one of his sheep he saw it as punishment for all the men's act of greed. This made Candide see that kindness can come with rewards and greed can result in punishment.
Why do you think that Voltaire allowed Candide to reunite with one of his sheep and what is the significance of this?
I believe Voltaire allowed Candide to reunite with one of his sheep because he wanted to show him how not everything in the world is bad and how things can get better. He made Candide extra kind, but he did not make him see how much greed everyone in the world has after they see the riches of others. The main point that Voltaire was trying to make was the kinder you are the better life is because you just might get rewarded. The result of greed is punishment because there's nothing good that comes out of greed.
I agree with your point about the relationship between Candide and Karma. Candide really believes that people who do bad things will get what they deserve, as well as the good people who will get good things in return. The only part of your post that I disagree with is the very last sentence: "The result of greed is punishment because there's nothing good that comes out of greed." I believe that for the greedy person, there are a lot of good things coming up, that they earned unfairly. Greed is in my opinion an extrem and unfair version of ambition. It definitely makes a lot of people become losers in the game of life, but there will always be the greedy person, that gets what they want. Not every ship with 100 robbed sheep sinks into the ocean.
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