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

John Steinbeck carefully molded his story The Grapes of ira to encompass manythemes and ideas. He included several Biblical allusions to follow out his message of themigrating families coming together to form a community. Steinbeck alludes to Biblicalcharacters by dint of Jim Casy and Rose of Sharon, events like the familys journey toCalifornia and the flood at the end of the refreshful, 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 the shadow of his arrest when he walks out on his family for selfish reasons. Jim Casy is an allusion to Jesus saviour. They mystify the same initials and livetheir lives as examples of their beliefs Jesus to the world and Casy to Tom. Casy evenco mpares 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 mind to aman of do when he sacrifices himself for Tom. When in prison Casy sees thevantage of organizing people to achieve a common goal. When Casy tried to put hisideas into action he, like Christ, aroused the antago...