Candide is often called a "philosophical tale." What kind of characters are presented here? What is the pacing of the story? How does it challenge our...

The novel
is written as an epic journey in a way. Each of the characters follows
through a series of unfortunate events and eventually finds himself or herself on a quest to
reunite Candide with Cunegonde. In the tale, the characters are all caricatures of various
ideas, with Candide leading the charge as the philosophical...