Grapes Of Wrath Biblical Allusions Essay -- John Steinbeck Bible Relig

John Steinbeck carefully molded his story The Grapes of Wrath to encompass manythemes and ideas. He included some(prenominal) Biblical allusions to enforce his message of themigrating families coming together to form a community. Steinbeck alludes to Biblicalcharacters through Jim Casy and Rose of Sharon, events like the familys journey toCalifornia and the bombardment at the end of the novel, and teachings throughout the novel. The Biblical allusions represented by the characters in the novel are mostobvious in the characters of Jim Casy and Rose of Sharon. However, the Joad familyis made up of twelve including Connie, much like the twelve disciples that followedJesus. Connie represents the traitor, the Judas figure who had betrayed Jesus thenight of his arrest when he walks out on his family for selfish reasons. Jim Casy is an allusion to Jesus Christ. They have the selfsame(prenominal) initials and livetheir lives as examples of their beliefs Jesus to the world and Casy to Tom . Casy evencompares himself to Christ when he says, I got tired like Him, an I got mixed up likeHim, an I went into the wilderness like Him, without no campin stuff (105). In the firsthalf of the book Casy is thinking and forming his ideas. He changes from a thinker to aman of bodily process when he sacrifices himself for Tom. When in prison Casy sees theadvantage of organizing people to achieve a common goal. When Casy tried to put hisideas into action he, like Christ, aroused the antago...