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In the Grapes of Wrath, Jim Casy is an ex-preacher, philosopher and a people’s man. The novel reveals Casy’s and the Joad family’s hardships and struggles along Route 66 and immigration from Oklahoma to California in search for a better life. Casy is a representation of how life situations can shape and change the character and will of a person. Casy is much more than the average man in the book. Jim Casy could pass as Steinbeck’s personification of Jesus Christ. Ultimately down the road we see Casy become a martyr. Casy goes from a guilt-filled ex-preacher to a savior for the helpless migrant workers, and endures a mentality shift from the concepts “I” to “We”. We are first introduced to Casy in Chapter 4 when he sees Tom pass by the tree he was leaning on. He tells Tom that he left the Church and ditched town. “I ain't preachin' no more much. The sperit ain't in the people much no more; and worse'n that, the sperit ain't in me no more.” (20) He believes he can’t preach anymore because of all the sins he committed while he was in charge of the church. He believes the grace of God left him and that he no longer feels the same way about himself. He has serious guilt from the things he did but he finds bliss in how people live their lives and, and the little treasures in it. Later on, Jim Casy professes: “Maybe I can preach again. Folks out lonely on the road, folks with no lan', no home to go to. They got to have some kind of home.” (57) This shows how unbelievably attracted to the people he is. He wants to go out and be with the people. This foreshadows how he becomes so intrigued and sympathetic towards the migrant workers. His mindset here already shows that his focus is starting to shift ... ... middle of paper ... ...es Jim’s disciple, and he goes on to carry his work after his death. Jim Casy started off as a man who developed his own spirituality. In the long run, that belief system would only benefit him. Later on in the book, he realizes his purpose in life was to be part of something, to be with people, to gather them, and lead them. his independent role from the rest of the characters transformed into an active role of a leader who helps his peers. Casy’s message of togetherness helped Tom in the end reach a mental development. Tom finally transcends his worker mindset, and realizes what is going on in California. Without Jim Casy’s change from “I” to “We”, the Joad family would not have been able to stick together and develop as people in the end of the novel. Jim Casy opened the eyes of the migrant workers and was able to start a worker’s revolution in the long run.