The Role Of Jim Casy In The Grapes Of Wrath

Learning about culture, he depicts flaws, as he’s “been walkin’around’ in the country. Ever’body’s askin’ that. What we comin’ to? Seems to me we don’t never come to nothin’. Always on the way. Always goin’ and goin’.” (163). Steinbeck would use Casy’s sermons as a biblical allusion to Jesus ministry to reinforce the theme of salvation. Later Jim Casy realizes that he has found his place in society after being from alienation from so long, with learning more about the Joad family and his experience at the jailhouse, “jail house is a kinda funny place...Here's me, been a-goin' into the wilderness like Jesus to try find out somepin. Almost got her sometimes, too. But it's in the jail house I really got her” (382). Jim Casy seems to found his place in society with what he has experience from being with the Joad family then to learning about the corrupt justice system at Hooverville then to jailhouse where he learns about the effectiveness of group action by observing his fellow inmates working together showing that sense of unity. He would then form a group after he splits from the jailhouse, as he founds his place of becoming an advocate for the migrant workers. He feels that he has to contend with the very ideals and he must spread to

     Jim Casy has to be one of the most obvious references to the Bible. His character is meant to parallel Jesus. They both have the same initials, J.C., and Casy prided himself on finding out what was wrong and right just as Jesus did with preaching the difference between good and evil. In chapter 20 Casy gives himself up and gets arrested to save Tom. This action portrays Casy as a symbol of Christ. While in prison he finds his calling as a voice for the migrant farm workers. He is ultimately crucified for his actions in chapter 26. Casy says to his murders “ ’You don’t know what you’re a-doin!’ “ (Steinbeck, 527) which parallels Jesus’ words when he is being crucified, “ ’Father, forgive them,

In the first few chapters of The Grapes of Wrath, the main character Tom Joad, and the events that have occurred in his life. Joad has made terrible choices in his life, including murdering a man

Meals in works of literature have always had a special connotation, they can be used by the author to relay information about the plot, the characters, or even the setting. John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath for example, The Joad family eats with other families affected by the Dust Bowl. Despite the families not knowing each other very well there is still that sense of communion because they are all suffering through the same thing, and they are doing it together. Even if the families are barely surviving themselves, they are still able to help out anyone that needs it, even if it means sacrificing a lot themselves. All of the "Okies" stick together despite the hardships.

land by the bank, which owned it because the drought from the Dust Bowl had

hether it be more day-to-day, or expanding over a long period of time, Tom, Casy, and Ma went through many personal struggles. These struggles are brought up in the book, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Steinbeck provides many examples of these three characters struggles. The book, The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, depicts the personal struggles of the migrant worker through the characters of Tom, Casy, and Ma.

Is your soul missing? Well Jim Casy knows where it is at. In The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck the readers see the effect that bad weather and greed has on poor hardworking farmers. Many important characters will be influenced by the sense of community created by the exodus to California as they forced to look for work after the Dust Bowl destroyed their land. Jim Casy has a huge impact on the story creating his own philosophy of one big soul. Casy is shown to be a very complex character displaying great wisdom, selflessness, and growth.

wilderness, he also had rejected an old religion to try and find his own version

In reading John Steinbeck’s book The Grapes of Wrath, many characters undergo transformations from beginning to end. A man by the name of Jim Casy, showed that his growth as a person proved to be better for the “reds” and “okies” in their effort to gain higher pay from the state of California. Jim Casy’s initial ideal life was to be a preacher, but when Tom Joad came along, Casy’s life was in for a change. Casy risked his life, preached words of wisdom, and encouraged others to stand up to what they believe in all while being himself at the same time.

In the epic movie Grapes of Wrath, director John Ford depicted a saga of one family trying to survive the 1930’s. In watching this film, it helped me to understand the hardships of the American migrants. The characters showed unique traits and dealt with problems each in a different way.The Dust Bowl was an ecological and human disaster that took place in the southwestern Great Plains region, including Oklahoma. Misuse of land and years of sustained drought caused it. Millions of acres of farmland became useless, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes --many migrated to California.

President Calvin Coolidge vetoed the bill, but then Congress overrode his veto. The bonus was supposed to be paid once the veteran has passed away, earning the name “The Tombstone Bonus.” But then unexpected happened, The Great Depression of 1929. The stock market crashed, 20% were unemployed, and many were left homeless, starving, and hopeless.

Some of the frustrations for petey are that Joe had left, they are trying to poison the mice, he craved a family, sometimes he would be really hot or really cold at night and he could not move. Petey has many frustrations but most of them are because of his memories or because he is paralyzed. On page 58, it states “Petey craved a family. It was as if his mind knew of love and devotion, but the feelings must have been only his imagination”. Petey is having memories and he misses a family, he misses someone to care for him, he misses someone to love him. Petey has a lot of frustrations through the book but he has to try to overcome them. Some of the frustrations for petey are that Joe had left, they are trying to poison the mice, he craved a

One reason why i know all was not right was because in the book on page 12 paragraph 4 it says. “Rush then noted that in recent days he had seen an unusual number of bilious fever, accompanied with symptoms of uncommonly malignity”. which shows that more people are getting sick with similar symptoms. So they realized that there was a sickness going around.

One can easily detect that Sarty is somewhat a prisoner to his father, Abner's, abusive and sadistic behavior. No matter how hard Sarty tried, nothing he did ever seemed to make his father proud. For instance, in the opening scene – after Abner's hearing – a teenage boy shouted, “[b]arn burner!”, as Abner and Sarty were leaving the makeshift courtroom/convenient store. Sarty, in response, sprung at the boy to defend his father's honor; however, Abner is quite ungrateful for his son's reaction, for he pulled Sarty back and spoke to him in a harsh, cold voice to “[g]o get in the wagon”, as if he were almost embarrassed of Sarty's behavior (pg. 516). Regardless of Sarty's efforts to make his father happy and prove his loyalty, later that evening, Abner struck him "on the side of the head, hard but without heat, exactly as he had struck the two mules at the store, exactly as he would strike either of them with any stick in order to kill a horse fly" because he sensed that Sarty was “fixing” to tell the truth to the Justice of the Peace during the hearing (pg.

“The Grapes of Wrath” is widely known for it’s controversial topics and broad cast of characters, though one of these characters stands out more than some of the others. Jim Casy is constantly shown as a Christ figure, and was also author John Steinbeck’s “vent” to express his own opinions throughout the book.