Garden of Eden

Candide has another allusion yet again! it is to the Garden of Eden. I think someone briefly mentioned it in class and it inspired me to blog about it.

In the beginning of Candide everything was perfect. They lived in a beautiful mansion and had everything they could ever want. They had a lot of money and food and Candide was in love with Cungedonge. it was great. then came the fall. Candide was kicked out of the palace along with everyone else. he was whipped many times and tortured a lot. he had no where to live and no food. His life turned horrible. He had no wehre to go and everyone basically died along the way..except not really because they all cam back to life. BUt his is symbolic to the Garden of Eden because in the beginning Adam and Eve had an amazing life and everything they could ever ask for. They had each other and amazing food but then they ate the forbidden fruit and they fell from there. the committed the one sin that they werent allowed to do. they then went from living in the perfect place to living in the most sinful world.

This is just like how Candide went from living in the perfect place to the most sinful.

harry potter and david and goliath

ok so i thought if a good allusion to David and Goliath. Hrry Potter is just like David. He is the unexpected hero. 

David and Goliath is a story from the bible. It is the story of an underdog winning. Goliath was a huge giant that no one could beat and a young boy, David, was willing to try and fight him. Goliath had killed many people and David was no match for him. David got a sling shot and a rock and killed him with this. Everyone was shocked and so happy. they couldnt believe it.

Harry Potter is just like this. Voldamort is the most powerful evil wizard and kills so many people. even the most powerful wizards are scared of him. Voldamort tried to kill Harry when he was a little baby and HArry defeated him. People were shcoked and just could not beleive the news. Voldamort eventually returns but it is the similar allusion.

this also is like the heros journey. Neither harry nor David know they are going o be heros so they are innocent and niave. then they turn out to be really big deals. its awesome. everyone loves an unexpected hero!

Merlin and Dumbledore!!

There is an allusion to Merlin in Harry Potter. It is Dumbledore! 

Merlin is basically alluded to by all books that use a wizard. he is the wizard of all wizards. He is from King Arthur and he is a very wise and powerful. wizard. He is a very popular character and well recognized by all. Rowling probably wanted Dumbleodre to be liked and knew how loved Merlin is so she based Dumbledore off of him. Dumbledore is also a very powerful wizard. He is the only one that Valdamort is afraid of. If he knows Dumbledore is going to be somewhere he tries to avoid being around him. When people first think of or see Dumbledore they automatically think of Merlin, which is good because that puts a good connotation on Dumbledore which is good.