After reading chapter 6 of Candide I encountered a character, a sailor who had very good luck for a while. He was a villain, by first hitting the Anabaptist, but being helped by luck “The force of his blow upset the sailors balance, and fell head first overboard; but, in falling, he was caught on a piece of the broken mast, and hung dangling over the ships side.”(Candide pg 32) This is his first event of many that show the good luck he has.
Later there is an earthquake in Lisbon which killed many people, giving the sailor a chance to get new things. “The sailor straight into the midst of the debris and risked his life searching for money. Having found some, he ran off with it to get drunk;” (Candide pg 33) He first was saved by a broken mast, and right after that an earthquake uncovered riches, from the people who died, and he got them.
In the other hand, the Anabaptist who saved the sailor and then died was a good person and anyways died. That’s why we say “Good things happen to bad people, and bad things happen to good people.” This is the exact opposite of what should happen. This is irony, a perfect example of it.
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