In the book The Grapes of Wrath we encounter the character of Jim Casy, a former preacher and advocate for basic human rights. Jim attempts to spearhead a revolution to end the brutal domination of the migrant workers by the farm owners. However, this revolution fails and Jim is murdered in the process. By examining Jim's character and his actions, we can see that his revolution was destined for failure because of certain character traits that Jim possesses, such as desiring passive resistance, turning the other cheek and a willingness to sacrifice himself. These are detrimental to his efforts because without Jim as the leader for this revolution, it has no chance of success.

In the book, Jim wishes to rebel against the type of slavery that the farmers have created for the migrant laborers. The farmers drive down wages in order to reduce the laborers to beings that are subhuman and starving them and their families. By doing this, the farmers hope to have the laborers work for virtually free and increase their profit from the crops. We can see this type of tyrannical oppression when Mr. Thomas says, "I don't know how long it can go on. I don't know h

strike and because he was silenced before his message could be spread, the revolution came to a screeching halt.

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one type all agree to stop working until they receive a higher pay or more benefits. Jim's revolution is destined to fail however because of his beliefs in passive resistance. The connotations of the quotation from Mr. Thomas are very negative and also contain a sense of violence in the revolution against the farmers. This is the key to the entire revolution, for without the violence to enforce their strike and protect themselves, the farmers are able to kill the leaders and disband the revolution. The one time that Jim did use violence was when the cop threatened Tom and the other man in Hooverville and when Jim did use violence against the policeman, the other officers did not know how to handle the situation effectively. This is because they had not encountered any form of resistance before and were unable to defend themselves against the violence of the workers. Jim's beliefs cause the rebels to fight the institution without a method of securing their safety, leaving them !

ow you men can feed a family on what you get now." We can interpret this to mean that the wages are so low, the Wallace's can barely buy food, let alone minor luxuries. Mr. Thomas also believes that the wage cuts can only go on for so long before someone attempts to stop the farmers. This is the ro

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