They both asked me to read books, which did change my life. I can credit both of my high school English teachers with changing my life. Just the story of this poor, blundering, naive, guy staggering across the world of disasters is something I really connected with for some reason. I first read Candide in high school, it was assigned reading, and I don’t remember looking forward to it, but certainly once I’d got into it, I really connected with it. And the first thing I think I remember, was the story about the pirates attacking the ship and the ladies hiding their jewelry in their pudenda as we say. I remember seeing Candide in my family’s bookshelf when I was about thirteen years old. If you want to read a masterpiece that’s brief, funny, serious at the same time, and drives home some very, very important points, with a famous tagline at the end, read Candide. It’s just one tragedy after another, one injustice after another, one abominable cruelty after another with jokes. Invitation to World Literature: Candide Video Transcript
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