Elements of Satire Chapter 14

Chapter 14: The reception Candide and Cacambo met with from the Jesuits of Paraguay

“ Candide had brought from Cadiz the type of servant often found on the Spanish coasts as well as in the colonies. He was a quarter Spaniard of half-breed Argentine stock, and had been successively chorister, verger, sailor, monk, commercial traveler, soldier, and footman.”(Pg.61)

Hyperbole- Amount of professions the servant had been.
Irony- He is a servant, why does he know and have been through so much?
Absurdity- The racial mixture of Cacambo.
Targeted- The racial mixture there is in America.

"The reverend fathers own the whole lot, and the people own nothing: that's what I call a masterpiece of reason and justice." (Pg. 62)

Hyperbole- People own nothing.
Irony- A servant agrees that he shouldn't own or have a say in anything.
Absurdity- The comment came out of the wild.
Targeted- Monarchy