The “Mass” Murderer
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Author(s)
Sahoo, Alor
Advisor(s)
Abbas, Fatin
Date Issued
May 2026
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
In this realistic crime novel excerpt, protagonist Aaron Mirza-Mohanty, a sophomore at MIT, navigates the tensions between academic success, chronic illness, and perceived public image. He embodies the dark side of MIT’s motto: mens et manus, mind and hand, weaponizing his intellect to engineer calculated chaos. Specifically, Aaron is a textbook psychopath who stops at nothing to exact cruel retribution against his enemies, whether for his own pleasure, as a means to an end, or both. Initially buoyed by his hatred of his ex, Katherine, Aaron serves as a speculative case study about just how much emotional, physical, and psychological damage a single, spite-fueled individual can inflict on a social ecosystem.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/Writing
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