What is life?

What is life? The answer depends on who you're asking. Life, in my opinion, is defined by its two constants: the constant battle between right and wrong, or good and evil, and the constant of change.

The battle between right and wrong would define life because it consumes us in almost every thought. Just about every decision that we make us based on if we thought it was the "right" or "good" thing to do. And for most of us, we feel bad when we have done something wrong or evil.

Therefore, the meaning of life is to define right and wrong, pick a side, and try to live by it.

Life wouldn't be life without change. Which is why I believe change defines life. As humans, we change constantly, no matter how much we try to keep things consistent. Change is an inevitable aspect of every day life, meaning we should embrace change and with it, try to maximize the richness of our lives.

Candide is a murderer and is still alive.

Candide has murdered three men. In my opinion, he deserved to die but he is LUCKY that he was only robbed of all the fortune he gathered in Eldorado. Especially since the wages if his crimes back then was death (by being burned alive at the stake).

Candide, at the beginning was innocent and some if his actions were excusable. And we can even let his first murder slide. But when he killed that first man... I know he felt something inside of him, and I know it felt wrong. Not to mention he was running away from possible punishment (which tells us that he certainly knew it was wrong). So with that being said, he had to have known murder is wrong by the time he killed man #2.