Analysis Of The Book ' I Ain 't Preachin '

Shockley identifies Tom Joad as the disciple to Casy's Christ, basing his argument on Tom's pivotal dialogue with Ma in the cave, when he decides to take over Casy's task, and promises to "be all around in the dark" in a

Today, in modern society we are commonly told to not judge others for their appearance but only for their personal features and characteristics. While equality is far from being accomplished, inner qualities are appreciated much more and the idea that only the appearance of a person matters has been diminished. However, through the major characters’ personalities and dialogue in both As You Like It by William Shakespeare and A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, a central idea of false appearance symbolically and realistically unifies both plays.

In the Rusty Belt of America there a minority group of people whose income level has surpassed the poverty line. Inside the state of Ohio lies the poorest white American which describes themselves as hillbillies as they reside in the eastern Kentucky. In his personal analysis of culture in crisis of hillbillies, J.D. Vance tries to explain, in his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, what goes on in the lives of people as the economy goes south in a culture that is culturally deceptive, family deceptive, and in a community, whose doctrine of loyalty is heavily guarded. Like every poor Scot-Irish hillbilly in his community, Vance came from being poor, like the rest of his kind, to be a successful Law graduate from Yale Law school. As result of this transition and being the only child in his family to graduate from a highly respected intuition in the country, Vance thought out to analyze the ostensible reason of why many people are poor in his community.

As the novel begins, Tom has a completely independent outlook on life; concerned only with returning home from prison to indulge his own comforts and wants. It is only later after he has endured the hardships of the journey, in Jim Casy’s death, and his own exile, that he has time to think and realizes that it is united we stand, and divided we fall. He thus sacrifices his personal concerns and safety and leaves the family to go out into the larger community and help his people. He will go out and work to complete what Jim Casy had started. Whereas Jim Casy was too much of an idealist, Tom will try and put his plan into action: “Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there.” (537)

Jim Casy evolves from a man who is trying to find his way in the world after his mistakes as a preacher to a man who is doing

In contrast, Jim Casy’s sacrifice is of a different nature than the one previously discussed. This difference can be seen at the strike camp outside of Hooper Ranch. Men with clubs storm the camp, with the main focus of finding Casy. After he has been pointed out, the men go after him; “The first man swings with the pick handle. Casy dodges down into the swing. The / heavy club crushes into the side of his head with a dull crunch of / bone and Casy falls sideways out of the light,” (Galati II). As a result of this attack, Casy dies. He sacrifices his life. While, as previously stated, this sacrifice may appear to differ greatly due to this distinction, the reality is that this is one of the only noteworthy differences in comparison to a plurality of similarities between Rose of Sharon and Jim Casy when it comes to sacrifice.

He realizes that he should continue what Casy was doing, and continue his teachings. As he transforms from the man who believes in every man for himself to the man who understands and believes in two is better than one, it represents his religious rebirth. The character’s realization is important to the novel because these are Steinbeck’s philosophies as well. They really enforce the ideas that “…if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone... and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken.” (pg. 418) He believes what Casy said that we are only a small part of a larger whole and, “…a fella ain’t got a soul of his own, but on’y a piece of a big one…” (pg. 419) which is connected to the belief that Christians are all brothers and sisters in Christ and a part of

In the narrative Don’t Trust Don’t Fear Don’t Beg by Ben Stewart, the author shows the damage that imprisonment and isolation have on the human psyche by highlighting how the Arctic 30 cope with the fear of the unknown. Stripped of power and unsure of their fate, the activists must find a way to cope with their situation. When overcome with the feeling of no control, the men cope by forcing themselves into solitude while the women seek solace in their communication methods with each other. Regardless of how they cope with their incarceration, the activists show that humans lack the ability to cope with the unknown, however, human connection makes the bad times easier.

He attempted to organize the migrants to fight together for higher wages but was met with resistance. He was only able to gather a few men to picket a camp and could not seem to persuade the workers inside the camp to join him. Even though he was fighting for something that would benefit them. It seemed that the workers in the camp cared only about the meager five dollars they were making and would not risk fighting for what they truly deserved. Those five dollars may have been enough for them at the time but Casy would say that if they didn’t fight now, their future would be worse. When he dies as a martyr, we see how this action is seen as Christ-like when he cries out to his crucifiers, “You don’ know what you’re a-doin.” Not only is he paraphrasing Christ known words of “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do,” but also like Christ, his teachings are spread throughout the world as Tom promises to spread his work (Bible, Jn. 23:34). When put all together, the resemblances between Jim Casy and Jesus Christ are plenty: (1) the same initials of J.C., (2) they both begin to preach a new gospel; (3) both went into the wilderness before beginning what they considered to be their mission; (4) they both assume the sins of those from their group; (5) they both pray for their slayers; (6) they are both ultimately killed (Dougherty 225). John Steinbeck relied quite heavily on Jim Casy to portray his symbolism and bring the story

Steinbeck really makes it clear that Jim Casy is who he wants the readers to think is the Christ figure in the novel, The Grapes of Wrath. He makes it clear by the initials, the trip into the wild Jim takes, and even the way he died. Both Jim and Christ fought their battles in the world they lived in very similar. Christ struggled his entire life to get his people to understand the way of God. The government refused to let him have more power than them so they killed him. The same way with Jim Casy, he believed in the word of God so he tried to spread it, and the government didn't like it so they killed

Jim Casy, a former preacher is one of the most significant characters the reader meets in the novel, and for many represents christianity and Jesus Christ. In chapter four of the novel, Tom Joad just met Casy after hitchhiking to the area where he used to live. As they strike conversation

The correlation between Jim Casy and the Socialist elements are Jim Casy was a preacher and turned in to person who campaigns for some kind of social change. Jim Casy sees the suffering of the farm owners. He tells Tom that the people need to stick together if they want to be treated right. Jim Casy was later killed because of

This particular section of chapter 10 when the Joad family asks Casy to say a prayer reminds me much of myself, but in the opposite order of thought Jim Casy has. When we are introduced to Casy’s character, he has strayed away from Christ. He realizes his faith wasn’t where he believed it was. A year ago around this time, I was dreading my first year of classes into confirming my Catholic faith. I didn’t want to commit to something if I wasn’t going in 100%. Hours of volunteer work forced upon me by my mother at the church and hearing personal stories of a person’s faith subsequently became enjoyable for me.

To begin with, the sermon is given out in a church. The audience where the people who attended the church, but he also spoke in general. During the sermon he brings up a situation that says, “Have you ever heard people that – you know, and I’m sure you’ve met them -- that really become sickening because they just sit up all the time talking about themselves. And they just boast and boast and boast, and that's the person who has not

The Grapes of Wrath informs us about the story of a family living in Oklahoma. During the Great Depression, the Joad family end up losing their farm, and becoming migrant workers who find themselves in California looking for jobs and better opportunities than the ones they had before. The Grapes of Wrath begins with a prisoner who was released, Tom Joad, who makes his way to his family's farm in Oklahoma. Tom then meets his former preacher, who was sitting along the side of the road. Jim Casy was his name. Jim was Tom's former preacher who had baptized him. However, Jim Casy claims to have lost both his spirit and his faith. Casy and Tom both make their way to the Joad's house, only to find it abandoned. On their way there, Casy and Tom meet Muley Graves, his former neighbor, who was hiding out there. Through his flashback, Graves informs Jim Casy and Tom about the majority of the families, including his own, were required to leave their land because of a local boy, who was hired to knock down houses using a