Read the excerpt from John Steinbeck’s classic American novel, The Grapes of Wrath. Refer to the excerpt, which is a quote from the character Jim Casy, to answer the questions.

From The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 4:

“Before I knowed it, I was sayin' out loud, 'The hell with it! There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing.' . . . . I says, 'What's this call, this sperit?' An' I says, 'It's love. I love people so much I'm fit to bust, sometimes.' . . . . I figgered, 'Why do we got to hang it on God or Jesus? Maybe,' I figgered

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Read the excerpt from John Steinbeck’s classic American novel, The Grapes of Wrath. Refer to the excerpt, which is a quote from the character Jim Casy, to answer the questions.

From The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 4:

“Before I knowed it, I was sayin' out loud, 'The hell with it! There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There's just stuff people do. It's all part of the same thing.' . . . . I says, 'What's this call, this sperit?' An' I says, 'It's love. I love people so much I'm fit to bust, sometimes.' . . . . I figgered, 'Why do we got to hang it on God or Jesus? Maybe,' I figgered