Chapter 6
Following the earthquake the city of Lisbon decides to execute people as a sacrifice. They choose a man who married his godmother and two Jewish man. They also decide to hang Pangloss. They also flog Candide. At this point of the story Candide begins to disbelieve Panglosses teachings. This may be the most important chapter to the plot structure in the whole book. This is because Panglosse him self is hung, The city is destroyed, and utter chaos is going on, yet this is the best of all possible worlds.
This chapter is basically the after math of the earth quake.
Major setting: Lisbon
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