This is a comparison between the journeys in taken by the main characters in Candide and Arrowsmith.

A wise man once said, "Success is a journey, not a destination." Authors were using the idea of a journey before Homer wrote the Odyssey. This literary tradition has continued to the present. Two authors that embrace this idea are Voltaire and Sinclair Lewis. In their books Candide and Arrowsmith respectively, a man is followed on his trek through life and the discoveries that he makes along the way. The two young men start out …

…mitted nothing" evidencing that he is now capable of making rational judgments. Their journeys now complete, the two characters are completely changed from how they began. The two characters of Candide and Arrowsmith take a long time to find what they are looking for. Along the way, circumstances cause the plans to change. These changes shape the person into who they will become. In a way, the journey is more important than the intended destination.