Candide

What do you think about the humor in Candide? 

I think that Candide contains a lot of satire in it. Most of them are against the church, the king, and the members of the aristocracy. It was smart of Voltaire to add satire in it because this actually made the story funny and grabbed the reader's attention.

In reply to #2: the humour in Candide actually very negative as well. for example the parts of the book where pangloss got std and the old woman got her butt chopped of was considered humouruos but was it really? i think not.

i don't think some parts should be considered humorous, they are more like a mockery the various institutions. regarding to the old woman's but getting chopped off, that is more a painful and disgusting image, NOT FUNNY!!! satire is a polite way to insult somebody, so there will always be people who agree and those who will disagree.