Jim Casy A Hero In The Grapes Of Wrath

Throughout the journey of The Grapes of Wrath, Jim Casy has many traits of a hero and would also be a hero in the Trolls Universe. Jim Casy was a loyal man who only had the positive intentions of helping others. He was a principal character in the Joad Family and later became the leader of a strike where he then died for thousands of people, some strangers and some closely valued.

There are many key components to acquiring the name “hero”, one of the biggest that stands out to me is wisdom. In Jim Casy’s case, it was the fact he was never ashamed of his past and his wrongdoings. A quote that proves this, “I’d take one of these girls out in the grass, an’ I’d lay with her. Done it every time. Then I’d feel bad, an’ I’d pray an’ pray, but it didn’t do any

Not only this, but was a great helper and helped fix the car. Throughout this novel, Casy is always the first one to take up a task anyone asks him to do. If Pa needed help with a fire, Casy would be the first to help, and when Grandma was sick Casy was worried and always wanted to help. Helpfulness is only a fraction of the heroic traits he contains.

The last and most important trait of Rev. Jim Casy is his selflessness. This is the most important trait because to be a hero you must be able to put others before yourself, and Casy never fails to do so. In particular, Casy took the blame for Al beating up a police officer. “Casy turned to Al. “Get out,” he said. “Go on, get out, to the tent. You don’t know nothin’.” “Yeah how ‘bout you?” Casey grinned at him. “Somebody got to take the blame, I got no kids. They’ll jus’ put me in jail, an’ I ain’t doin’ nothin’” (Steinbeck 265-266). As you can see, Casy only wants to help others, even if that means years in jail. Leading into the next example, once Casy finished his sentence, he began his journey to stop the landowners. He was angry by how these