"Know what the preacher says? He says ‘They’s wicketness in that camp.’ He says, ‘The poor is tryin’ to be rich.’ He says, ‘They’s dancin’ an’ huggin’ when they should be wailin’ an’ moanin’ in sin.’"
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 22. Lisbeth Sandry, a religious fanatic, is quoting her preacher as she speaks to Ma Joad. Here religion is used to keep the poor in their place. The preacher argues that they are meant to stay in poverty and not escape their class. Here Steinbeck makes effective use of irony to ridicule self-styled Jesus-lovers who use religious for purposes it was never meant to be used.