Candide's Punishments, Do They Fit the Crime?

Candide has been punished unjustly throughout his story.  He was punished by the soldiers for taking a walk.  He was sentenced to run the gauntlet thirty six times or take twelve bullets to the head.  All he did was take a walk and that was not worthy of such a punishment.  After the Portuguese finish the various acts of auto da fe to prevent future earthquakes, they hang Pangloss for his heretical views and proceed to flog Candide for listening to Pangloss in his curious manner. Candide did not deserve this punishment once again because listening to another person’s ideas is curiosity, not a crime. Candide’s tendency to get involved in a certain situation at the wrong place at the wrong time causes him a lot of trouble. He gets sentenced to punishments that he does not deserve because he doesn't know how to react to certain surroundings or what to do in certain situations. Living in a castle and being taught by one philosopher, Pangloss, does not give Candide a good understanding of the functioning world. Therefore, his susceptibility for getting blamed or fooled is not fair due to his lack of exposure of the malevolence in the world. His naive nature should not be punished so severely.