The Illusion of Free Will

Whether fair or not the world that sorrounds Candide keeps pushing him around in the most peculiar and unpredictable directions. Candide and his fellow companions seem to be swindeled around by these situations like if this world was a sea and they were a log. The involved in the story never made a punctual decision to get involved in this whole random mess, the characters never set out on this journey with a purpose, goal or plan, they were just dragged and pushed by misfortunes and cruel happenings. However the characters when presented with the situation, they make descisions, even though they might be cancelled out by a swift an unexpected turn of events, like an earthquake or a drunk mistake. Candide made the descision to love, love Cunegonde, marry her and kiss her however she instead got raped and brutalized. So is free will really there or do we just dance the song the universe is playing? Yes, yes free will is there acctually, because we can do whatever we want however the question at hand is if this really matters, if this is relevant to the grand scheme?
  
   We can do whatever we want based on the situations life throws at us however these do not shape us or the situation itself. Our descisions dont really matter in the sense that the things we think are so important like go to a party or staying at home getting fat dont really matter, well maybe to us but not in our or anyones major scheme and even their day to day life, basically no one gives a crap. However this doesnt mean that we should just not do anything, we have to take the situations and handle them as best as we can even though we get raped, almost killed by an earthquake or captured by Somali pirates. We have to move on with our insignificance and let the universe throw its best at us.