Semester TWO, Blog #13 (GOW Final Essay)

1. How does Jim Casey's moral philosophy guide the novel as a whole?
Your response will need to have:
1. An answer to the question, as evidenced by a straightforward thesis.
2. Organization, as evidenced by topic sentences that further develop the thesis.
3. Support for your points, as evidenced by thoughtfully selected pieces of direct evidence from the novel.






In the beginning of he novel Tom Joad stumbles upon Jim Casy, who he finds on the side of the street. Recognizing Tom as some who he baptized when he was little the two begin to exchange words. Later in the novel Tom

After Casy abandons his holy ways he realizes that it is not the abstract aspects of life that matter but the actions of living humans. He rejects the idea of surrounding himself in God's soul, but the souls of human beings, with each combined create a much holier soul. Throughout this novel he tries to separate himself from the idea of God entirely.

his new philosophy of recognizing the importance of life over death represents these feelings in his words for Grandpa.

"All that lives is holy, Grandpa is dead, he doesn't need much said." 184)