It is more or less inarguable that Pangloss and the unrealistic beliefs he possesses are the prime focus of satirical elements used in Candide. Introduced as the mentor and tutor to the novel's appropriately named hero, Candide, the entire character …show more content…
Pangloss holds a firm belief that everything happens for a reason and that everything in the world is predestined, the essential idea of Sufficient Reason. This, accompanied with his belief in "the best of all possible worlds", is even further exaggerated in the story when - regardless of war, death, arrests, etc - the protagonist and others safely escape one obstacle after another with little to no harm, something that, in reality, is utterly unrealistic, precisely what Voltaire views philosophies like Pangloss'