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 * Page 52 - "'This is one abomination you could not have anticipated, and I fear it has finally done for me: I am giving up on your Optimism after all.'- 'What is Optimism?' asked Cacambo - 'Alas!' said Candide, 'it is the mania for insisting that all is well when all is by no means well.' And he wept as he looked down at his negro, and was still weeping as he entered Surinam." Candide and Cacambo have this conversation after they see mistreated negro slave. The slave that they saw was treated badly by his white owner and he didn't have one leg and one arm. Candide felt so sorry after seeing this man and he said that he does not believe in Optimism anymore. This shows that this world is not the best of all possible worlds.
 * Page 55 - "This scholar, who was moreover a very decent fellow, had been robbed by his wife, beaten by his son, and deserted by his daughter, who had eloped with a Portuguese." This explains about the scholar named Martin who was a good man. However, he was mistreated by his own family members. From this, you can see that the world he lives in is not the best of all possible worlds since Martin had to suffer from so many things when he did nothing wrong.
 * Page 57 - "..the very same who had robbed Candide. The immense riches seized by this scoundrel were engulfed along with him, and nothing saved but a single sheep. 'You see,' said Candide to Martin, 'crime is sometimes punished; that blackguard of a Dutch owner got the fat he deserved.'" Just before Candide said this, Candide and Martin saw two ships on battle. Then, one ship sank and they found out that ship was Vanderdendur's, the man who stole Candide's sheeps. This shows rays of hope in this world since the evil man was punished by God.