Every Detail Counts

“Candide trembled like a philosopher ,and hid himself as best he could during this heroic butchery”pg 25.It just keeps on going.Paragraph after paragraph, Voltaire continues to delight us with his incredible hyperbolas.With his Ironic phrases and with his hidden messages.Its been a delight to read these first four chapters of Candide.Every time I finish a sentence I have to stop for a couple of seconds and think about what Voltaire is trying to tell me .Once I figure it out , it brings a smile to my face as I discover the Irony of each sentence.Reading this book has  been very interesting. I often find myself close reading paragraphs again and again.As I try  to find Voltaire's hidden message.This is certainly not a literary book in which the author writes what he wants to say.In this book, I must pay attention to every detail, every paragraph ,every sentence ,every word.

         Candide reminds me so much of the TV series Prison Break.In which every little detail has an important meaning that will be explained in flash backs or in the future.For example at the beginning of the series Michael ,the main character, bumps in to his Dad.He only realizes at the end of season one ,that that guy that he bumped into was his Dad.It surprises you because something as insignificant as bumping in to somebody, turns out to be the most important thing in the whole season.So after this, every time I watch prison break, I pay attention to every little detail.Its the same with this book.Its like watching a suspense movie in which you  don't know what the character is going to do.Its just that in Candide its not about what the main character is going to do its how the narrator is going to describe Candide doing it.I have found it pretty interesting and unique to read this book and I hope it keeps on going this way.