Drawing

As I read Chapter 20-25 I found the end of chapter 21 very impacting. It is a conversation between Candide and Martin, where Candide asks Martin, ¨ Do you think, said Candide that men have always massacred each other, as they do today, that they have always been false, cozening, faithless, ungrateful, thieving, weak, inconstant , mean-spirited, envious, greedy, drunken, miserly, ambitious, bloody, slanderous, debauched, fanatic, hypocritical and stupid?”And Martin replies, “Do you think said Martin, that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they could find them?”(Candide 96) When Candide responds ¨Of course I do¨ Martin then proves his point by saying that if the rest of the animals’ don´t change why men would be any different and actually change. Candide then defends his point of view by saying that humans have free will.

I believe humans do have free will, yet, humans are very evil. I have found that many people who appear to be your best friends actually backstab you and betray you. I do agree that we have free will, yet many don´t use it how it´s supposed to be.

Therefore, for my drawing I drew a Mardi gras mask over a baby face and another image which is a face of a witch behind the mask as well. The mask and the baby represents ¨good¨ and innocence for it has a smile on it and the witch is a symbol of evil. Depending on the situation in our daily life we change the face, yet we always have the mask on. For our environment makes us act differently accordingly.

I think my drawing perfectly describes society and human nature, because sometime in our life we have backstabbed or been backstabbed by someone you cared about and never expected. Many times in society we act as someone we are not either if it is to fit in, harm someone, or reach a goal. That is why there is a saying that says trust no one but yourself. We live in a very dangerous evil world full of hypocrisy and two faced people. Danger surrounds us, even though it sometimes looks pretty harmless. It´s reality and something we face in our daily lives and through time learn how to handle it.

I liked how Voltaire made fun of this cruel human behavior, because it alerts the reader to be aware of hurting others and of being hurt. It also makes the reader reflect upon own personal experiences and analyze them.


* DRAWNG IS IN MY NOTEBOOK-I Don´t have a scanner sorry.