Jim Casy: Jail Case Study

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Jim Casy is faced with challenges like going to jail for Tom; he gave up ministering because he has been filled with sinful thoughts. Jim Casy goes to jail because Tom trips a deputy and Jim Casy knows that when the other officers Tom will get in trouble since he has already broken parole by leaving Oklahoma, so Jim Casy will take the blame. While Jim Casy is in jail he comes to a full realization of what needs to be done for the migrant people. Jim Casy ends up getting killed with a pick handle that crushes his

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