"I gotta see them folks that’s gone out on the road. I got a feelin’ I got to see them. They gonna need help no preachin’ can give ’em. Hope of heaven when their lives ain’t lived? Holy Sperit when their own sperit is downcast an’ sad? They gonna need help. They got to live before they can afford to die."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 6. Preacher Jim Casy’s spiritual journey has brought him to a new realization. Despite his own troubles and rejection of traditional Christianity, he wants to reach out to helps others. His role is to bring hope and spiritual rejuvenation to the homeless, dispossessed migrants, he decides.