In this paper, we study the following quasilinear Schrodinger equation of the form -Delta u + V(x)u - Delta(u(2))u = g(x, u), x is an element of R-N where V and g are 1-periodic in x(1), ..., x(N), and g is a superlinear but subcritical growth as vertical bar u vertical bar -> infinity. We develop a more direct and simpler approach to prove the existence of ground state solutions.