“The Grapes of Wrath” is set in the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma. Tom Joad is being released from prison where he was serving four years for manslaughter. He meets a preacher, Jim Casy, who has given up his calling because he believes that he is as lost as his congregation and is not fit to lead anymore. Tom and Jim head to California to find Tom’s family who had left to find work. Tom eventually find his family and they set up in the migrant camps that are overcrowded and lacking food. They find out that work is hard to come by and even if you find work, the pay is so low that you can not even buy an acceptable meal. Jim is arrested after he hits a policeman and knocks him unconscious. The police come back and let the migrants know that they will
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Steinbeck used his real interactions and experience with migrant workers to help shape this part of his writing. The suffering of the migrant workers because of the landowners is used to demonstrate the darker side of humanity. Steinbeck shows how the landowners are the source of all the good and evil in the lives of the migrant workers. The landowners can give or take away a job, treat you decently or poorly, and pay you fairly or unfairly. Steinbeck use of religion in “The Grapes of Wrath” can be seen in Jim Casy’s initials “JC.” Many believe that this is an intentional usage and is referring to Jesus Christ. Jim’s death is symbolic of the death of Jesus in the way that he sacrifices himself for his friends. There are also twelve Joad family members which is symbolic of the twelve tribes of Israel. Just like the Israelites, the Joad family had been cast out of their home and were searching for the promise lands, California in their …show more content…
The story starts with an “original sin.” The original sin is the father lying to get the job in Washington. The story continues its retelling of the Cain and Abel story with the two brothers, Adam and Charles. When Adam receives favour over Charles, Charles brutally beats him. The original sin continues with Adam’s children, Aron and Cal. Aron becomes Abel and Cal becomes Cain. Thankfully, the cycle ends with Cal who gains forgiveness and a blessing, “timshel” or “thou mayest, from his father. Cal is realizes with this blessing that he can overcome evil, something he thought he was predestined to because of his mother 's sins.
“Of Mice and Men,” is also another book Steinbeck uses religious themes. This story is another story with migrant workers, focusing on two men named Lennie and George. George takes care of Lennie who has some sort of mental disability that causes him to accidentally kill the soft things that he like to touch. The story takes place in California and begins with the two men getting off their bus miles away from the farm where they have secured work. and stop at a pool of river. They talk about their dream of owning land, farming it, and keeping rabbits(for
Steinbeck used his real interactions and experience with migrant workers to help shape this part of his writing. The suffering of the migrant workers because of the landowners is used to demonstrate the darker side of humanity. Steinbeck shows how the landowners are the source of all the good and evil in the lives of the migrant workers. The landowners can give or take away a job, treat you decently or poorly, and pay you fairly or unfairly. Steinbeck use of religion in “The Grapes of Wrath” can be seen in Jim Casy’s initials “JC.” Many believe that this is an intentional usage and is referring to Jesus Christ. Jim’s death is symbolic of the death of Jesus in the way that he sacrifices himself for his friends. There are also twelve Joad family members which is symbolic of the twelve tribes of Israel. Just like the Israelites, the Joad family had been cast out of their home and were searching for the promise lands, California in their …show more content…
The story starts with an “original sin.” The original sin is the father lying to get the job in Washington. The story continues its retelling of the Cain and Abel story with the two brothers, Adam and Charles. When Adam receives favour over Charles, Charles brutally beats him. The original sin continues with Adam’s children, Aron and Cal. Aron becomes Abel and Cal becomes Cain. Thankfully, the cycle ends with Cal who gains forgiveness and a blessing, “timshel” or “thou mayest, from his father. Cal is realizes with this blessing that he can overcome evil, something he thought he was predestined to because of his mother 's sins.
“Of Mice and Men,” is also another book Steinbeck uses religious themes. This story is another story with migrant workers, focusing on two men named Lennie and George. George takes care of Lennie who has some sort of mental disability that causes him to accidentally kill the soft things that he like to touch. The story takes place in California and begins with the two men getting off their bus miles away from the farm where they have secured work. and stop at a pool of river. They talk about their dream of owning land, farming it, and keeping rabbits(for