Author(s): Dr. Raeshma Godsen

Abstract: The American writer John Steinbeck is known for his realistic and imaginative writings which projects the societal condition and individual’s psyche in combination of humour and sympathy. The works of John Steinbeck reflects the life of common people, their struggles, sufferings and emotional disputes. Rather that projecting fantasy and bombastic life style the works of John Steinbeck reflects poverty, slums, inequality, violence, trails of survival and the American dream. This paper aims at exploring the anxiety prevailed in human beings before and after attaining wealth with reference to the character Kino from The Pearl. The character changes and instability of human nature are also further aimed to be explored in this paper.

Keywords: Psyche, Instability, Dispute, Wealth, Suffering

Article Info: Received: 30 Oct 2025; Received in revised form: 25 Nov 2025; Accepted: 29 Nov 2025; Available online: 03 Dec 2025

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.106.36