Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath relates in many ways to the Bible and the book of Exodus: the people torn from their homes, the journey towards a land "of milk and honey", Tom Joad representing Moses, Jim Casy symbolizing Moses, Aaron and Christ, and the troubles they face on their pilgrimage. At the start of the story, people are leaving the land that had belonged to their families for many generations. They had seen everything from birth to death and had fought for their crops. The Israelites had come to Egypt many years before and became established there. Eventually, a new Pharaoh came into power and disliked that they were growing so quickly in number, so the Israelites became the Egyptian's slaves on their own land. But their descendants had many children and grandchildren. In fact, they multiplied so quickly that they soon filled the land... So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves and put brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down under heavy burdens... (Ex. 1:7,11)Similarly, the Joads had become slaves to the bank due to their poverty. The dust robbed them of good harvests and they were forced to take out loan after loan until the bank owned "their" land. When the bank decided that
I knew it so deep down that it was true, and I still know it. Jim Casy would leave the group often to be alone to think to himself. "But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 'Because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them!'"(Num. The Israelites trouble began with being chased through the Red Sea by the Egyptian army and Pharaoh. 4:14-16) Neither Casy nor Aaron is solid in their beliefs. I, the LORD, am your God, who has set you apart from all other people" (Lev. "But I have promised that you will inherit their land, a land flowing with milk and honey. 'How can you expect me to lead the Israelites out of Egypt?'" (Ex. And look! He is on his way to meet you now. Maybe all men got one big soul ever'body's a part of. "What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? He is a good speaker. For their disbelief he sentenced them to wander in the wilderness for forty years. Likewise, God called Moses to lead the Israelites out of slavery and into Canaan.
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