Candide: Chapters 5-11

As we coninue to read the book we see that Candide is on his way to lisbon with Jacques and Pangloss. In the ship something horrible happens and it sinks leaving only three survivors: Candide Pangloss and sailor. Something strange is that they get to lisbon and its a complete caos because it had just experienced a terrible earthquake. This tells us that so far Candide has had a terrible luck and his life is like a complete tragedy. Candide and Pangloss help the wounded and in that attempt they accuse Pangloss of heresy because of his optimism. "A little man in black, an officer of the inquisition, who was sitting beside Pangloss and politely said: It appears, sir, that you do not believe in original sin; for if all is for the best, there can be no such thing as the fall of Man and eternal punishment" (pg. 35). Because of this acusation of heresy, the portuguese authorities dcide to burn a lot of people that practice heresy to prevent more earthquakes. They indeed hang Pangloss. Candide is also hurt and an old lady cures his wounds. Happens to be that the old lady takes him to the house of his real benefactor: Cunegonde. Cunégonde explains to Candide that the Bulgars have killed her family. After executing a soldier whom he found raping Cunégonde, a Bulgar captain took Cunégonde as his mistress and later sold her to a Jew named Don Issachar. He keeps Candide and Cunegonde for a while so hecan get better.