Jim Casy throughout The Grapes of Wraith has been an influential character in the Joad's life. He has helped them through situations, calmed them down with 'scriptures,' and ultimately sacrificed his own life in an act to defend the people. Casy only wanted for his fellow migrants to be happy and work for decent pay, actually living a life. Reckless as he was rebelling against the hand of the government, Casy was indeed a true hero.
As Tom witnessed the guard killing his beloved friend Tom went into a bloody rage. Tom seized a weapon and, as we can infer, killed the man that felled Casy. Tom acted very quickly and seemingly in an act of blind rage. But did Tom know what he was doing? Did he let his rage control him, or was it an act of justice? Many foreshadowing leading up to the book's climax (as it seems) were blatantly obvious, time and time again Tom had to stop and control himself so that he did not lose it. There is honor in what Tom did, however, even if it may have been an uncontrollable loss of temper. Thoughts?
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