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**What is Pangloss's message?**

 There is a saying that for every action there is an equal reaction, in other words there is a cause which results in an effect for every event that takes place. Not only does Pangloss believe that there is a cause and effect for every event that takes place due, he also believes that every effect that takes place due to a cause is for the better. Pangloss's main message is that "all is for the best" (4), and lives his life by this idea, just as he teaches Candide to do. Pangloss's message allows for other characters in the book, such a Candide, to explain their actions and accept the effects of their actions. Candide states that "there is no effect without a cause, everything is linked in a chain of necessity, and arranged for the best. It was necessary that I be chased away from Mademoiselle Cunegonde and have had to run the gauntlet, and necessary that I beg for my bread until such time as I can earn it; and none of this could have been otherwise" (8-9). Through Pangloss's Ideas about everything being connected and for the better, Candide doesn't allow himself to be angry or frustrated or rebellious. He has come to learn that everything he does or has done leads to an effect good or bad, whether its him getting beaten by soldiers or excrement being dumped on his head by angry women. He never seems to get angry and I think ultimately that is what Pangloss attempts to create, a follower of his ideals who will accept what he is dealt and take it in stride in order to keep balance.