Candide's punishments do not fit his crime. First off, his first crime was gettin it on with Cunegonde, and because of that he got banished from the castle, which is totally unfair considering he was ignorant to what was wrong with the situation (gettin frisky with a cousin), and was taught everything he knew about "physics" by Pangloss. His second "crime" was deserting the battle with the Bulgarians. That wasn't really a crime in my opinion because he was recruited against his knowledge and will, and isn't even fighting for his own army. Then he get's in a big shipwreck and gets whipped by some Lisbons (which was totally uncalled for) and his mentor gets hanged.
His next crime was killing Don Isachaar and the Grand Inquisitor, which, although murder, was something that honestly should have been done I think. I mean the guy had been through a lot of stuff to get to Cunegonde, and the last thing he needed was to get killed as soon as he got her back. Everything would have been a disaster had he not killed the guys.
So far he hasn't really been punished since then, so things are lookin ok for ja boy Candide, even though he killed Cunegonde's brother, but that guy was kinda weird so I don't really mind.
I agree that Candide's punishment are unjust. He was completely ignorant of the wrong he was doing. Instead of being punished I think that he should of been taught to see the errors so he is not to make them again
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