*Letter F Ch 1-10

Faith.

Cassy talks to Joad about their past together at church, "Oh, no, you wouldn't remember. You was always too busy pullin girls' pigatail out by the roots. The two of you come to Jesus at once' cause of that pigtail yankin" (20).

This quote develops in the book because this is an idea of whether people are connected with the holy spirit or with their community as in the "human spirit." Cassy is starting to believe that people are more human spiritual than holy spiritual because they could actually see one another rather then having a invisible figure to look up too. When Joad went to church he would just be busy pulling the pigtails of the girls. Throughout the book people intend to ask for help from each other because they could physically help each other. Whereas to asking help from god it would not work out because they needed immediate help.

Cassy expressed, "Then I'd feel bad, an' I'd pray an' pray, but it didn't do no good. Come the nex'time, them an' me was full of the sperit, I'd do it again" (22).

Cassy has sinned when he said this to Joad and he kept pleading and asking for forgiveness towards god to help him or forgive him. This tell about a lot of people in the book because when they have nowhere else to run too they would run to god for help. They are putting it in a way that god is the second option for them and not a first option.