Who They Are The Amish are a group of people who live simply and abide by church teachings. Born out of the Anabaptist movement, the Amish were formed in 1693 when Swiss Anabaptist leader Jakob Amman felt the church leaders were not holding steadfast to the separation from the world. He instilled a stricter code ...
This paper is a short essay addressing the protagonist of Voltaire’s conte, Candide, and his (Candide’s) enlightenment to the fallacies of the philosophy of Optimism. This relatively short novelette provided Voltaire a platform to satire Leibniz’s Optimism as well as incorporate some of Voltaire’s other views on life. The key questions addressed by this paper ...
The tone and theme of Candide, a classic work of literature, make the novel relevant to today’s modern world. These two elements of the story bring the classic to life for new generations to relate to as they read it. The satiric story unites a new generation of modern readers to a distant past as ...
A visit to Indiana’s Amish country is like going back in time when the way of life was simpler without the complications of technology and the fast pace of today’s world. If you are passing through the area, or if you are planning a vacation here, you will definitely want to visit some of these ...
Do you ever wonder what happened to the days when Sunday dinner was eagerly anticipated all week? It was a time when sitting on the front porch swing watching the sunset was more common than sitting in front of the television. Those days had a slower, relaxed pace and neighbors who could be called neighborly. ...
