Candide's Motives

After searching endlessly for the perfect society, Candide and Cacambo come across Eldorado, which is the perfect utopia. The people of Eldorado have no concept of money or riches, for precious stones as only "common pebbles" in the community. Also, everyone agrees on every subject, and thus there is no trouble or crime. Candide believes that this is the only place in the world where "everything is right." Candide falls in love with this safe …

…to lose most of his money. His purchase of a companion to travel within him back to Europe is one example of how one person's riches can do nothing in attempts to alleviate poverty and other miseries of society. Thus, while Candide may have believed he would be revered for coming back with riches in order to help with the miseries of society, he actua! lly made himself a target of others' greed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**