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Grapes of Wrath - Casy - Essay

Grapes of Wrath - Casy

Casy is also a harmonious man. He believes in unity and he believes that, because people are all part of something greater than themselves, we should help one another out. He believes that we should work together because otherwise we are all lost. "Why do we got to hang it all on God or Jesus? Maybe,' I figgered, 'maybe it's all men an' all women we love: maybe that's the Holy Sperit- the human sperit- the whole shebang. Maybe all men got one big soul ever'body's a part of". He thinks that people working in cooperation is holy: "When they're all workin' together, not one fella for another fell, but one fella kind of harnessed to the whole shebang -- that's right, that's holy." Tom once ...

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a soul of his own, but on'y a piece of a big one. ... I'll be ever'where—wherever you look."

Casy was a Christ-like, unprovincial, and harmonious man albeit he still had personal conflicts. Although Jim Casy has always seemingly been a man of God and Jesus, he battles with his faith throughout The Grapes of Wrath. He feels like he is contending with the very ideals he has spread to others: traditional ideals of God and Jesus. Casy started to question his own beliefs and what was said in the Bible. He lost many hours of sleep just thinking about this, and went through many days without even speaking. He began to have doubts about God, Jesus, and the afterlife altogether. He went from a man of God to a man of everyone. Casy once said,"An I says, 'Don't you love Jesus?' Well, I thought an' thought an' finally I says, 'No, I don't know nobody name' Jesus. I know a bunch of stories, but I only love people.' " After Casy challenged his inner belief of God and Jesus, he began to ...

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