“Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop beatin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. If Casy knowed, why, I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad an’—I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry n’ they know supper’s ready. An’ when our folks eat the stuff they raise an’ live in the houses they build—why, I’ll be there. See? God, I’m talkin’ like Casy. Comes of thinkin’ about him so much. Seems like I can see him sometimes.”
This quote is a turning point in the novel for Tom Joad. Tom’s mindset is now changed to vengeance for Casy, as when Casy was killed, that just set Tom over the edge. Tom ending up killing those two men once Casy was killed, and even though it was on accident, it just showed that Tom has no limits. He ends up saying that he is talking like Casy, and he can see him because he is thinking about him so much which shows how much Casy meant to Tom. Now, it is like Tom is a completely new person, and killing those two men just helped prove the point that Tom is like a completely new person.
Great American Novels 2020 
I think this is kind of relevant to the world right now. The fact that one person dead can set one person or a community off the edge. Now it’s a lot different with the situation now but where you said “set off” reminded me of todays world with George Floyd. But like I said it is much different.
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