Jim Casey is being hailed as the "Christ figure" in the book. Question to ponder: did Steinbeck INTEND for Casey to sort of portray Christ, or are people today just reading WAYYY to much into it? Share your thoughts.
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I think it is misleading....lol It could be either, but maybe I should call up Steinbeck and ask him...
I think he is meaning for him to be portrayed as Christ because Steinbeck is probably a Christian and wants to put some form of religious type person (representing a religious figure) in his story just like the book Narnia.
he did sacrifice himself for the workers. That probably has something to do with the Jesus figure.
Hey, what would a Christ-figure do? (isn't that a bracelet or a t-shirt?) Anyway, what are the characteristics of a Christ symbol? Does JC meet the bar?
you mean WWJD? yeah it's been very commercialized.
lets see... Jesus= cross, fish, disciples, etc...
Oh, it was funny that you said JC for Casey, but I thought you meant Jesus Christ!
And Gazellia, I think she meant Christ symbols, like PEOPLE who symbolize Christ. I guess that would mean people who love others, bring a good message, and sacrifice themselves.
amazing picture!!!
Now that I think about it... there are a lot of correlations. Jim Casy, Jesus Christ (JC). Also, Casy sacrifices himself by going to jail.
For the record, I don't think it's possible to read too much into into Steinbeck. So yes, absolutely.
I don't think that Steinbeck's whole purpose of Casy's character was to be a christ-figure, it just happens that he sacrifices himself and is a man of god.
his initials are JC though... hmm
I think it was just an accident. I mean anyone who stands up for what is right can be considered "Christ-like." There are so many good people out there and Jim and Jesus just happen to be a few of them. Not to mention both of their initials are J.C. Hmmm...
must there always be a christ charecter in every single novel. could it happen just to be possible that steinbeck didn't mean for casy to be a christ-like charecter...maybe some comic relief instead.
see my post in another topic... I don't want to write it all over again. But it's cool.
It has to do with Jesus quotes.
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