Abstract: Benyamin’s Goat Days is a well-renowned Indian novel that revolves around migration, an act of moving from the home country to a destination for living. The story represents the real voice of an Indian Malayali migrant, Najeeb Muhammed, who migrates from Kerala (Origin) to the Gulf (Destination). The article titled “Trapped in the System: Interpreting Benyamin’s Goat Days through Lee’s Push Pull theory” aims to explore the push and pull factors concerned with Najeeb’s migration and to highlight the intervening obstacles and the personal factors he endured in the act of migration (Kerala to the Gulf). The researcher examines the realities of migration through Everett Lee’s push-pull theory by spotlighting the character Najeeb’s migration. This study examines the socio-economic forces that push and pull migrants, the intervening obstacles migrants endure, and the personal factors that depend on Individual experiences in the place of Destination. It also underscores that migration is not a uniform experience but is deeply shaped by intersecting mythologies and societal beliefs.  This paper cites Goat Days as an effective novel that gives voice to the muted struggles of migrants while pointing out that migration is a mere trap where dreams are broken in the name of opportunity.

Keywords: Migration, Struggles, Reality, Dream, and Emotions.