“THE TRAGEDY OF JUSTICE IN THE LAST VICTIM OF WAR”.

Abstract

Utkir Hoshimov’s ‘The Last Victim of War’ presents justice not as a source of truth and protection, but as a tragic and fragile concept destroyed by war, fear, and social inequality. The story reveals how human morality collapses when survival becomes more important than fairness and compassion. The work demonstrates that war does not end on the battlefield; its deepest destruction appears in the loss of justice within society and within the human conscience. Through psychological conflict and emotional suffering, Hoshimov exposes how innocent individuals become victims of both violence and injustice. One of the central ideas of the story is that injustice during wartime is often silent and invisible. Rather than showing military heroism, the author focuses on ordinary people whose dignity, rights, and hopes are gradually destroyed by poverty, grief, and moral corruption. Hoshimov skillfully portrays justice as a tragic ideal that cannot survive in an environment shaped by fear and desperation. The characters are forced to make painful moral choices, illustrating how war changes not only political systems but also human ethics and social relationships. The relevance of the story remains significant in the modern world, where armed conflicts continue to create social injustice, psychological trauma, and moral crises. Therefore, the story serves as both a literary reflection of wartime suffering and a universal warning about the collapse of justice in times of conflict.