... Tom's positive attitude, the emotional stress is somewhat alleviated from everyone. When Jim Casy first meets Tom Joad, Tom had just been released from prison. Casy used to be the preacher in the town; therefore he is a longtime friend of the Joad family. Casy has been living his life wondering around aimlessly, obtaining food by killing small animals, and living off ... Casy is invited to join the family on their excursion. At various times in the novel, Casy is asked to say a prayer to which his usual response is, "I"m no longer a preacher." Which in itself signifies a change in Casy....

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... traceable through many different actions taken by the Joad family on the whole. The character of Jim Casy plays a strong role in bringing forth the theme in discussion. Casey is a preacher like none other. He does not preach the orthodox ideas of the Christian religion. Instead, he preaches the Emersonian doctrine of the Oversoul. Tom Joad once recalls that "one time ... ...

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... crime of manslaughter, he begins to return to his family's farm in the infamous "Dust Bowl". Eventually, he meets another main character in this book, Jim Casy, who is a former preacher who seems to value the importance of human contact as something quite holy. Tom and Jim together travel to the Joad's residence, only to learn that his family is at ... ...

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... and the dreadful conditions the Joad family suffered. The Joad family began with Ma, Pa, Granpa, Granma, Tom, Al, Ruthie, Connie, Rose of Sharon, Winfield, Uncle John and Casey a former preacher. Whilst on the road they meet the Wilsons who let the Joad's use their tent when Granpa was dying. Many other characters drift in and out during the unfolding story ... ...

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... theme. In using Tom, Steinbeck is able to portray one of the novel's main themes that people have their greatest strength in numbers. After meeting Jim Casy, the family's former preacher who gave up preaching, and listening to his beliefs, Tom falls in Jim's shadow and becomes a disciple of the beliefs. Jim believes that the Holy Spirit is in fact the ... ...

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... 're going. "Pa sniffled, " Seems like times is changed,' he said sarcastically. "Time was when a man said what we do. Seems like women is tellin' now." (Pg. 481) Casey, a retired preacher, is the next person to change. When he is first introduced in the book, Casey is a lost soul searching for his purpose. He wanders around by himself and is always ... ...

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... truck driver he was just released from the state penitentiary for being charged with homicide. Once the trucker drops him off he runs into Jim Casy. He used to be a preacher when Tom was a little boy. Tom asks Jim to go with him to his house, and he says he will. When they get to the Joad's house, it is deserted ... ...

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... all the other migrants to benefit all of them, thus showing brotherhood. Biblical allusion is also used in the novel to reveal the theme of brotherhood. Jim Casy, an ex-preacher is an archetype for Jesus Christ. They both share the same initials of J.C., standing for Jim Casy and Jesus Christ. Their similarities become much deeper as the novel progresses. Casy ... ...

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... past behind him. He maintains his self-worth in spite of the nosy truck- driver's attitude. The other characters are also tied in with the theme. Casy, the family's former preacher, openly admits that experiencing what it means to be human was more important to him than any glorified theological teachings. He represents the connection of the people with the earth ... ...

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... dust powders the wilting corn and spurts up beneath his feet. There he meets a man who remembers him as a boy, who had, in fact, baptized him. Jim Casy, for years a preacher, has left his vocation, he tells Tom, because he has had grave misgivings about his motives and because, during the time he has been thinking things over, he has become ... ...

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