Candide has gone through the story as an innocent lover, a Pupil in Panloss's teachings, and now after saving two naked girls from the Oreillons, he is a hero. Its no surprise This character had evolved throughout the story, but where will he end up? Voltaire never gave Candide a specific mission, but instead a desire to reach the new world for a fresh beginning. His journeys couldn't be more dreadful,Voltaire manipulates his world so that in every conflict Candide is found in, the only thing that appears to save him is pure luck. Luck is present when their ship splits in two and everyone is perished whil Candide and Pangloss swim to shore.It is present in the Spanish inquisition where Pangloss is hanged but Candide walks away with a whipping. Candide is now missing one thing every hero must have, and his name is Cacambo.
Cacambo is introduced in the story as Candides trustful servant, but I see him as his new fellow sidekick who might be the reason luck is not needed anymore. He covered for Candide when he killed a Jesuit, and as if it wasn't enough he also saved him from the hungry Oreillons thanks to his "logical" reasoning. It might be a little extreme to compare his relationship with Candide to Batman and Robin, two typical heroic figures society refers to as soon as they hear sidekick. Candide is trustful of him, " Very well, well do as you suggest, and trust in Providence"(74), and in a way he is his right hand. Isn't this friendship just like the relationship of our two marvel hero's? Sure Batman and Robin battle against Mr.Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City, and it may sound absurd to relate them to Voltaire's characters. Never the less, Candide and Cacambo have just begun their journey and who knows who or what they might come up against with that might destroy or strengthen their partnership.
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