Chapter 2
Candide is conscripted into the Bulgar army, beaten, and drilled, parodying Prussian militarism.
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Voltaire's depiction of the Bulgar-Abar war satirizes the supposed glory of warfare by exposing its mechanized cruelty and absurd justifications.
Chapter 3
The famous description of the battle as 'heroic butchery,' with both kings ordering Te Deums in their respective camps.
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