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A 5 page satire that is fashioned after and inspired by Voltaire's Candide. The first 4 pages of the paper tell the story of Herbert, a good-hearted lad, congenial and sociable, which were qualities that he combined with the "utmost simplicity of mind" (Voltaire 3) and who follows his father to become ruler of his country, listens to bad advisers and embroils his country in yet another senseless war. The final page of the paper discusses which parts of Candide inspired the writer's satire. No additional sources cited.
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made him very appealing to a wide assortment of people. Born to a great and noble ruling family, Herbert eventually succeeded his father, Herbert the First, as ruler, which was
actually quite surprising, as this was a very conservative country and Herbert, being a congenial lad, had led a raucous and exuberant youth, partaking frequently of too-much wine and an
oriental white powder that was tremendously expensive. Nevertheless, the people liked the fact that he was Herbert the Firsts son and felt that he was part of a noble line
of conservative rulers who were always against the right issues (i.e., crime, excessive taxes, and free handouts to the poor), but also for the right issues (i.e., promoting family values,
children and education). Typically, each one of these rulers embroiled the country in some sort of senseless war designed to make the people in another country conform to their
ideas, depleted the economy and under-funded child welfare and education, but the people never seemed to notice. As Herbert took over the rule of the country, being a realistic
fellow who realized his simplicity of mind, he surrounded himself with advisers and couriers who were adept at assuaging his ego, which is very important to a ruler, but also,
Herbert felt, were much smarter than himself. In particular, Herbert relied on his political adviser Carl Wanderer and his second-in-command, Panfavor, whom Herbert always referred to by his last name,
as his nickname carried off-color connotations that offended Herberts conservative sensibilities. Carl Wanderer and Panfavor believed wholeheartedly in the philosophy that their country was nobler, more intelligent and simply better
than the rest of the world, due to the tremendous accomplishments of their culture, economy and form of government. In a neighboring kingdom, the ruler was known to be
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