Problems with Philosophy Candide Part II

One of the things Voltaire stresses in his book Candide, is the importance of noting how real world occurances are more important than abstract philosophical musings. Candide is constantly trying to reason what is happening to him through philosophy. Rather than becoming a hardened soul, he remains soft and gullible. He doesn't discover common sense through out the section, which is ridiculous. Candide simply falls into traps set for him by the author. Because Candide doesn't actually understand how the world works, he simply does what other people tell him. I found it absurd how Candide never realizes that the world is a dangerous place, he consistently echoes back to the philosophy established in section one "All is necessarily for the best end (1)."