Jim Casy life

Jim Casy was a preacher who decided to abandon his profession. He follows the Joad's on voyage and he influences the group immensely by leading them spiritually. Jim Casey had his own philosophy, that everyone was equal, a whole. The events that the family suffered through, Casey decided he had to fight for his family's rights and defend his morals. He goes west to help his fellow workers and end injustices. Casy was a Christ-like figure, he has matured throughout the novel but he still deals with personal conflicts. He later finds himself questioning his faith and traditional ideals of God and Jesus. He began to have doubts about what he preached in his earlier life. "There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing. And some of the things folks do is nice, and some ain't nice, but that's as far as any man got a right to say." (Steinbeck, 35). This was an unusual theory for a former preacher and someone living that that era. In the Bible Jesus spread his philosophy and was later crucified for saying what he believed him. Jim Casy died in the process of fighting for what he believed in similar to how Jesus died trying to reform Judaism, his own philosophy. They also have the same initials, J. C.
Similarly, Rose of Sharon is young woman the Joad's met on their jouney south. A newly-wed with husband trying to start a new life in California. Rose of Sharon was pregenant and they were excited to start a family together. But she would often concerned of her unborn child. The hardships that their family occured took a toll on her. The bearing of the still born child, changed her character. Rose of Sharon then meets a starving man in a barn after witnesses a flood. Her breasts are full of milk and with no child to nourish, Rose of Sharon chooses to offer the stranger her milk, a choice which she decides to reach beyond her own considerations and despite her own grief she is able to save and give life again. With