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Jim Casy's Death Of The Joad
The Joad family loses everything they have between their farm land, house and crops, they are forced to leave their land and to move somewhere else. The family only has a little bit of money so it is hard for them to find something and they are out of work and are not bringing in any money to help will the cost of things. Jim Casy faces a problem with sinful thoughts and being a minister. Jim Casy later gets killed in the novel because of

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