Casy A Former Preacher Analysis

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In this excerpt, Casy a former preacher states that his motive for retiring is due to, his belief in human sanctity, and the unification of everyone. Even more, he declares his reason for his behavior is due to his unreligious, impious belief, and current mind set. Therefore, he can no longer hold a church anymore, for the reason being that he no longer believes in the Holy Spirit which relates to God, and Jesus. Not to mention, he denies that he loves Jesus, but loves people, being that he deeply believes that everyone has a human spirit, and everyone is unified with it. Previously, Joad has recently arrived to the location the truck driver had dropped him off. Subsequently, he walked toward an old willow tree in order to find shade from …show more content…
Not to mention, the situation being that the soil is in an atrocious state, and they need to harvest crops rapidly in order to gain revenue. Therefore, the only way this can occur is by the use of a tractor, which is taking away the job of twenty families, and leaving them all without food nor house. I would of behave likewise like him due to, I would do whatever I have to in order to survive, and maintain my family. If this was the case for me, I would've politely asked all of the people to leave the property without having to harm anybody, furthermore if I could I would help the people with finding another place to stay, or job. Overall, I understand the way the tractor driver behaved even though he greatly disliked kicking his own people out, being he was just doing what he has to do in order to feed his family. Previously, the spokesman for the owner came to inspect how the land is …show more content…
Specifically, bribing you with unnecessary options to pick up on your interest, thus increasing the vehicle selling price which benefits the salesmen and the dealership in terms of income if sold. Furthermore, in the character's situation the salesman is persuading Joe to buy the car they have been discussing, due to the fact that he could of closed many deals, and not wasted his valuable time chatting. The salesman persuades Joe into buying the car, by offering him his shirt, and a tank full of gas, including begging him due to he has wasted a vast amount of time with him in aspiration of closing a deal. Likewise, in today's modern society the salesmen talk us into buying a car by pointing out miniscule extra car options, while increasing the price tremendously, and stating that it is an excellent deal, when it clearly is not. As a last point, the salesmen also try to use their private life issues in order to convince us into buying the car or product.Initially, the author described the town specifically, the car dealership, which is the setting. The salesmen, talked odious things about the people looking at the cars, due to they have no intentions of purchasing a

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