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    A Psychological Study of Morality in Jodi Picoult’s The Storyteller Novel in Light of Just War Theory
    (Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2025) Muhammad Fahad; FA22-REL-005; Dr. Memoona Idris; LHR TP 9730
    This thesis explores themes related to morality, including moral and legal responsibility and justice, in Jodi Picoult’s novel, The Storyteller (2013). The novel presents moral conundrums through detailed accounts narrated by Josef, a former Nazi and perpetrator; Minka, a Holocaust survivor; and Sage, the granddaughter of Minka, each offering a distinct narrative viewpoint. The presence of detailed accounts, especially that of a perpetrator, gives rise to a tangle of conflicting moral responses and leaves readers with a sense of moral ambivalence. The objective of the thesis is to examine whether and to what extent the ordinary individuals, as depicted in the novel, who perpetrated Holocaust atrocities under the influence of Nazi ideologies were culpable within the framework of Revisionist Just War theory by Alejandro Chehtman (2017). Furthermore, this study draws on James Waller’s model, which is grounded in Evolutionary Psychology, to examine the portrayal of evil in the novel and to explore the psychological conditions that the characters of Josef and Franz were subjected to while growing up in Nazi Germany. This thesis suggests that the conditions under which individuals can come to commit acts of cruelty, when examined through the lens of Revisionist Just War theory as a part of the broader Just War tradition, do not absolve the perpetrator of moral and legal culpability. This thesis explores the factors that contribute to the transformation of ordinary individuals into perpetrators of violence, suggesting that such understanding may serve as a safeguard against the influence of propaganda.
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    A Tolerated Language
    (Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, 2021) Muhammad Fahad; FA17-BDE-002; LHR TP 7103; HIRA NADEEM
    Pakistan is a place of linguistic diversity, with over sixty languages spoken. Punjabi is a centuries-old language with a variety of mutually understandable accents. It is mostly spoken in Pakistan's Punjab province and India's Punjab province on the subcontinent. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. Pakistan is a multiethnic and multilingual region, with Punjabi being the mother tongue of 39 percent of Pakistan's population. Despite being the majority's native language in Punjab, the Punjabi language has only minor articulation in the lives of its native speakers. It is not permitted in educational or government settings, and it is not used there. Where it comes to the intergenerational transmission of Punjabi language, educated parents tend to communicate with their children in Urdu rather than Punjabi. Its meaning has dwindled over time, owing primarily to the speakers' social attitudes. The Punjabi speakers have a negative, if not insulting, stance toward their mother tongue. This is particularly true in Punjab's urban areas, where people are abandoning Punjabi in favor of Urdu in their daily lives (Rahman 2002). This paper aims to explore various attitudes of Punjabi people towards Punjabi language, such as why they don't prioritize speaking Punjabi and whether they really believe it is a foul language. Punjabi is a language that belongs to a certain community. To explore this phenomenon, an online survey research was conducted.