Grapes of Wrath- Jim Casy

Jim Casy was one of the main characters in the book Grapes of Wrath. He was a former preacher. The Joad family actually knew him well. Tom met up again with him on his journey back home. Casy decided to go on the journey with him, and leave his bad area. Jim Casy was a preacher, but he said in the book he decided not to be one anymore. He said that he still believed in the Holy Spirit, he just had lost his calling. While reading, he seemed like he was a crazy man to me. He was always talking about women, and how he would lie down with them in different places. It did not really seem to me that Jim Casy acted like a preacher, but I guess that is why he decided to not be one. He said he did not really believe in organized religion, but i do not really know if he did know what he believed in. He confused me sometimes. Jim Casy believed that the Holy Spirit was love for everyone, not just God. He was a good guy though, and he always had good intentions it seemed like to me. He saved Tom from going back to prison even, when they were in California. He turned himself in, just so Tom would not get in trouble and have to go back to prison. He started up a stike, which later got him in a lot of trouble, that then caused his death. The authorities sneaked up on him, and one of the men hit him on the head causing him to die. It was sad when he died, because he did not deserve it. Jim Casy had done a lot for other people, he did not need to be dead. Even though he was not a preacher anymore, and was not quite sure what he believed in, he was still so good to people. I could tell that at one point he was a preacher.