Well, what can we say about this character? He is not a dynamic one, neither very important. That’s why we don’t have a lot of information about him. As a human, he is Dutch, and also he’s an Anabaptist. In this novel, he is the one who cares about the adventure of Candide and Pangloss. Nevertheless, even being kind he is showed as a very pessimistic person. Most of all he is pessimistic about human nature. He becomes food for fish in Lisbon in attempt to save the life of an ungrateful sailor.
James the Anabaptist in the Essays
Author: Loretta Bowman