Grapes of Wrath and Jim Casy

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John Steinbeck passionately describes a time of unfair poverty, unity, and the human spirit in the classic, The Grapes of Wrath. The novel tells of real, diverse characters who experience growth through turmoil and

hardship. Jim Casy- a personal favorite character- is an ex-preacher that meets up with a former worshiper, Tom Joad. Casy continues a relationship with Tom and the rest of the Joads as they embark on a journey to

California in the hopes of prosperity and possibly excess. Casy represents how the many situations in life impact the ever-changing souls of human- beings and the search within to discover one's true identity and

beliefs. Casy, however, was much more complex than the average individual. His unpredjudiced, unified, Christ-like existence twists and turns with every mental and extraneous disaccord.

Jim Casy is an interesting, complicated man. He can be seen as a modern day Christ figure, except without the tending manifest belief in the Christian faith. The initials of his name, J.C., are the same as Jesus Christ. Just as Jesus was exalted by many for what he stood for was supposed to be , Casy was hailed and respected by many for simply being a preacher. Cas

might be. He shows this by never uttering a hurtful word at anyone, sacrificing his own welfare to picket and raise the wages of other workers, and not faltering when he or his groupmates were called derogatory

not judge anyone but yourself, where as the Bible openly condemns certain situations, labels, sexual orient, behavior, and practices. Casy believes you should do what you feel and doesn't believe in right or wrong. Casy once said, "I didn' even know it when I was preachin', but I was doin' some consid'able tom-cattin' around." He told of times when he lacked responsibility, filled girls up with the Holy Spirit by his preachings

The inner being of Jim Casy was evolving and furthermore conflicting when he metamorphisized from a man of thought to a man of action. Towards the beginning of the book, Casy spent many a night sleep-deprived and many a day mute philosophizing to himself. "Say, Casy, you been awful goddamn quiet the las' few days...you ain't said ten words the las' couple days, " Tom said. Even Casy himself had trouble speaking at all: "Now look, Tom. Oh what the hell! So goddamn hard to say anything." He remarked early on in the book, "There's stuff goin' on an' they's folks doin' things...An' if ya listen, you'll hear...res'lessness. They's stuff goin' on that these folks is doin' that don't know nothin' about- yet. They's gonna come somepin outa all these folks goin' wes'...They's gonna come a thing that's gonna change the whole country." Later in the book Casy stops predicting "a thing" and takes part of this revolution by striking outside a peach-picking plant. He had spent a lot of time pondering the environment at hand, but he finally turns his anti- authority feelings into physical actions when he kicks a cop causing trouble in Hooverville. Casy later goes on to spontaneously take the blame for the fight and was sent to jail, sacrificing his own well-being for others. On top of Casy's struggles with himself, he also faced exterior conflicts with the rest of the world.

seen animosity and enmity and has not been afraid.

As soon as there is a recognized leader cops throw him in jail or threaten him. People put the migrants down and used derogatory terms to attempt to control them. Society wanted to keep the migrants moving,

Jim Casy came across conflicts between himself and the rest of society. He attempted to organize the migrants but saw great difficulty. After Casy was let out of jail he (and other wise men) picketed outside a

great big soul." Once and for all stating equality, and universal holiness.

hope, dreams, spirit and the oneness of all humanity. To me personally, Jim Casy is a role-model to any one who aspires to think original thoughts. I find his defiance of organized religion thought-provoking and

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