Chapter 13:
Cunégonde paid her respects to the old woman. Arriving at Buenos Aires Candide, Cunégonde and the old woman are brought to meet Don Fernando, the governor. Don Fernando took interest in Cunégonde and he asked if she was the captain’s wife. Candide answers politely to Don Fernando, and asks if he would perform the ceremony of his marriage with Cunégonde. Don Fernando sends Candide away to go drill the soldiers and Don Fernando confesses his passion to Cunégonde and proposes to her, but Cunégonde asks for time so she can to think about his proposal. The old woman begins to advise her, she tells Cunégonde that she should marry Don Fernando and use his fortune and power to make the fortune of Candide. While the old woman kept giving …show more content…
Cacambo decides on going to Cayenne and find some Frenchmen who could aid them. Rivers, mountains, and thieves were everywhere and made the journey harder. The horses died from starvation, the little food they had left had been stolen and they had to eat coconuts and wild berries. Cacambo saw a canoe and told Candide to take it, fill it with coconuts and use the current as their new transportation. The canoe took them on different sceneries of rocks, flowers, and different levels of currents, now they entered a chasm and the canoe quickly gained speed and onward they went. The canoe was smashed from the rocks and they had to push forward using the rocks. Lastly, they reach a plain with mountains all around, they found a land covered with carriages. They climbed out of the river and found a nearby village of children in rags while being supervised by the schoolmaster played with gold, emeralds, and rubies. The children are then called inside, leaving their stones behind, who Candide graciously picks them up and tries to return them, but the schoolmaster just smiled and tossed them back to the ground. Candide and Cacambo did not understand in what land they were in, but they still took the stones. They kept walking along the village and encountered a fine house with guards at the door. The music and aroma of food coming from the house filled the air and Cacambo went up to the entrance and informed Candide that they were speaking Peruvian. Cacambo tells Candide that he would be his interpreter and leads him to a hotel, as they walk in two boys and two girls gesture them to sit at a table. Their meal consisted of four soups each one garnished with parakeets, a boiled condor, two roast monkeys, birds of paradise, and hummingbirds, they also had different beverages made from the sugar cane. When they finished eating, they presented the serves with two stones they picked up, but the servers
Cunégonde paid her respects to the old woman. Arriving at Buenos Aires Candide, Cunégonde and the old woman are brought to meet Don Fernando, the governor. Don Fernando took interest in Cunégonde and he asked if she was the captain’s wife. Candide answers politely to Don Fernando, and asks if he would perform the ceremony of his marriage with Cunégonde. Don Fernando sends Candide away to go drill the soldiers and Don Fernando confesses his passion to Cunégonde and proposes to her, but Cunégonde asks for time so she can to think about his proposal. The old woman begins to advise her, she tells Cunégonde that she should marry Don Fernando and use his fortune and power to make the fortune of Candide. While the old woman kept giving …show more content…
Cacambo decides on going to Cayenne and find some Frenchmen who could aid them. Rivers, mountains, and thieves were everywhere and made the journey harder. The horses died from starvation, the little food they had left had been stolen and they had to eat coconuts and wild berries. Cacambo saw a canoe and told Candide to take it, fill it with coconuts and use the current as their new transportation. The canoe took them on different sceneries of rocks, flowers, and different levels of currents, now they entered a chasm and the canoe quickly gained speed and onward they went. The canoe was smashed from the rocks and they had to push forward using the rocks. Lastly, they reach a plain with mountains all around, they found a land covered with carriages. They climbed out of the river and found a nearby village of children in rags while being supervised by the schoolmaster played with gold, emeralds, and rubies. The children are then called inside, leaving their stones behind, who Candide graciously picks them up and tries to return them, but the schoolmaster just smiled and tossed them back to the ground. Candide and Cacambo did not understand in what land they were in, but they still took the stones. They kept walking along the village and encountered a fine house with guards at the door. The music and aroma of food coming from the house filled the air and Cacambo went up to the entrance and informed Candide that they were speaking Peruvian. Cacambo tells Candide that he would be his interpreter and leads him to a hotel, as they walk in two boys and two girls gesture them to sit at a table. Their meal consisted of four soups each one garnished with parakeets, a boiled condor, two roast monkeys, birds of paradise, and hummingbirds, they also had different beverages made from the sugar cane. When they finished eating, they presented the serves with two stones they picked up, but the servers