John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath: "Casy and Tom: Two Explorers"

One interpretation of the poem by Gwendolyn Brooks titled The venturer is that the speaker of the poem is on a journey in his mind, in hunt club for his true self. Many people explore themselves in order to define who they are, why they are here, and what their fiber in life is; some more than others. In bottom Steinbecks The Grapes of Wrath, a impertinent about the hardships of the migrant workers who travel to California, this comparable theme of search for self is developed chiefly by dint of the comparison of two of the novels main characters, Jim Casy and Tom Joad.

        When the reader premier(prenominal) meets Casy he hasnt been seen by anyone for quite a while; he went off alone, an . . . [ like a shot he] aint so sure of a lot of things (28). Casy had been peeping in solitude, in the wilderness as Jesus and Moses did, so that he will not be interrupted. That long sentence alone though didnt get him any close to the something he needed in order to complete his search for self. Casy, like any other explorer, was unsure of what his role was now that he wasnt a preacher anymore. He is left disordered between not knowing what [he] was prayin to or for and not cosmos ale to stop himself from seeing the relationship between man and genius as holy (110).



Tom on the other hand, in the beginning of the novel, didnt seem to put much thought into this search for self. His apathetic attitude toward religion reflected his attitude towards Casy and the preachers philosophic speeches, especially when he picks the Psalm out of the scripture and calls it blowed right of religion (195).

        At some point in the novel though, both characters must have regarded each...

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