Tom's Merciful Character

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Tom is a kind and often merciful character. He is mainly concerned with the practical aspects of his life as they relate to the here and now, not the moral or ideological circumstances surrounding his actions. Tom is a kind and often merciful character. He is mainly concerned with the practical aspects of his life as they relate to the here and now, not the moral or ideological circumstances surrounding his actions. "Tom grinned. "It don 't take no nerve to do somepin when there ain 't nothin ' else you can do" (Steinbeck chapter 18). In this quote, Tom is saying how it does not take any effort to do anything when there is not anything else you can do. Tom is portraying how he does a lot of things subconsciously, without thinking. In this