Essay On Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Improved Essays
The character being dissected the complexities of is Dexter Morgan in the book “Darkly Dreaming Dexter” by Jeff Lindsay. The main idea of Dexter is grown and produced after the serial killer is communicating with dexter introducing the theme of the story. Just like when a head hits his car, the story hits your mind. The characters begin growing and making important decisions and tell us about how they work and who they are. Dexter is an obvious round character and a hero in his own way, allowing more to be interpreted. Continuing to the importance of Dexter.

To begin, the complex character Dexter is not necessarily the most common of complex characters. The reader learns in the beginning that Dexter really does not believe in himself, other than the fact he knows he is good at what he does. He begins looking at his life from a third person point of view; probing his own life and others. He is more like an actor in a play instead of a person in life. He views his life from both the inside and the outside to fully understand what is going on. As the story progresses, Dexter is beginning to
…show more content…
He knew Dexter had to grow and develop from his average lifestyle. Though Dexter does not change much he does develop into a boyfriend who wants something out of his girlfriend, a brother with real feelings, and an employee who is actually interested in catching a killer vs not. He did make other characters develop as well, but Dexter was the most important character to change and he changed, because others changed as well. Dexter is often dependent on Deb, who is his sister. They bounce ideas off each other, and though their change is not necessarily the biggest thing to happen they do change. Their status at work changes together as well. Deb is growing because of Dexter; Dexter is growing due to how Deb reacts to how she is

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Cassandra Clare once wrote,“Lies and secrets... they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.” Everyone has a secret, but, it is what a person lets a secret do to them and to others that can be destructive. In Election written by Tom Perrotta, characters in a suburban town live everyday hiding secrets from their peers, elders, and even themselves.…

    • 1278 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Dexter’s Tell Tale Heart: A Comparison “How do you show someone real love when you don’t know what it feel like” (Dexter). Two stories “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, and Dexter by Jeff Lansing both depict characters that have conflicting emotions caused by insanity. In “The Tell Tale Heart,” the main character is insane; this drives him to kill a man. After he is finished he makes sure there is no evidence. But when the police come he is overcome with a ringing noise in his head that pushes him past the edge and he snaps, telling the police that he is guilty.…

    • 1076 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The Great Gatsby and Winter dreams, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, reveal that love can be both wonderful and unsatisfying. These novels show that love isn’t always what you think it’s going to be. Winter Dreams is almost like a outline of The Great Gatsby. The characters in both novels share common characteristics. Also, the themes are similar to each other.…

    • 560 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    “Dexter” is a Showtime television series about a blood-splatter analyst who has the inherit, psychological need to kill, but was trained at an early age to only kill those who are deemed guilty, specifically other serial killers that are not like him. In Dexter’s mind this is a justifiable way to fill his psychological and murderous drive to do such things. There are many subtle symbols that are plastered throughout the television series, and the semiotics within it are an extremely strong way to get messages across that add to a larger story plot. If looked at closely, all images and scenes used within the opening credits alone uphold a variety of meanings to them as they symbolize more than what is being shown. There is a routine with the…

    • 149 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Imprisonment within Revenge As humans, we have emotions that sometimes get the best of us. People tend to seek revenge in the heat of the moment or with a well carried out plan. The revenge, however, doesn't always bring that closure that is expected. Committing an act of revenge is deemed morally wrong. In “Clean” by Edward J. Delaney, the unnamed protagonist murders a peer out of jealousy in drunken rage, spur-of-moment decision.…

    • 723 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Throughout every season, you will find that Dexter cannot have pleasure without pain because they always end up going together. Pleasure cannot truly be understood until its counterpart has been experienced because it creates a framework for life (The Impossibility of Pleasure without Pain). Dexter has experienced pleasure a lot, but when he finally gains experience, that is when they truly amplify what it is he does when he kills serial killers (The Impossibility of Pleasure without Pain). This goes the same for when he was tying his shoes so tightly. He did not need to create such tension within his fingers and arms to prove to an inanimate object how strong he is in his abilities to kill.…

    • 278 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Is this why we’re so drawn to people like Dexter Morgan, the anti-hero? The answer is yes because secretly they are representations of our own unconscious. Whether we want to admit it or not these “anti-hero” characters that show up so often in mainstream media indirectly help us through Carl G. Jung’s process of individuation. This process has helped many sift through their dreams to get to the center of their own…

    • 1697 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    He taught him to act as a normal person and that should keep him from getting caught so that he could continue to fulfil his urges. Dexter trusted Harry so much because he was the only person that knew who he was. He let him teach him how to kill criminals because Harry told him that’s the best way for him to act on his urges but ultimately Harry used Dexter to kill the people that slipped through the cracks of the justice system. Dexter looked up to Harry and never doubted his judgement. The trust and care that Dexter had for Harry shaped how he acted in society as he lived his double life, the career path he chose and how he fulfilled his urges until the found out that his father was using him to satisfy his own…

    • 1915 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    “Winter Dreams” a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, describes the life of an American, middle-class boy named Dexter Green who spends his days dreaming of achieving the so-called, “American Dream”. Along the way, Dexter meets a girl, Judy Jones, from an extremely wealthy family and the story follows Dexter’s life as he pursues her. On the surface, most readers would tell you that the story is simply about Dexter’s pursuit of Judy. I will show you how this story is about much more than that. This story is about Carpe Diem, the intense pursuit of these ideals, and ultimately the failure of Carpe Diem as the sole way to live one’s life.…

    • 1474 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    He helps us envision how different his life was different…

    • 333 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    This proves the character to be very cautious and attentive. One example in particular that stands out is when the narrator accidently wakes the old man, and says, “For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and I did not hear him lay down. He was still sitting-up; listening” (Poe105). This quote proves the killer to be very attentive.…

    • 675 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The novel, The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho, is known for one of the top ten best books in the twentieth century. It is known as the top ten best book because of the lessons that happen throughout the novel. There are many times where many people go through journeys/obstacles and learn many things out of them, such as life lessons. The novel,The Alchemist, is about a young boy named Santiago that lives in Spain.…

    • 772 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    F Scott Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams” includes many types of symbols such as colors to represent different feelings, or to foreshadow what is next to come. “Dexter is associated with green through the golf courses, the money he earns, youthful naivete and hope” (LaHood). The author is trying to express the symbolic connection to green with Dexter. Green is symbolic because it is used to describe money and hope. Which in the story it plays a big role since Dexter’s main goal is to be with Judy Jones.…

    • 1375 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In a scene of Slience of the lambs, he spend time reflecting on killing and murdering due to his loss. He prefer to remain embedded within society indulging his appreciation for culture, art, food and wine. As a doctor he is very approachable and talking freely to his patient, this shown his high openness sides of a serial killer. Hannibal Lecter grew from a scarred child to a strong murderous adult showing that the behaviour does not consistency across time.…

    • 1075 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    My Experience: A Mid(Winter) Night’s Dream On November 16, 2016 at 8pm, I attended a play entitled A Mid(Winter) Night’s Dream. Since I myself know very little about shakespearean plays, I walked in expecting a dramatic, serious play, but was shook to realize that it was actually a hilarious comedy. I brought a friend to watch the play with me, and even she was saying how much she loved it while walking out of the theatre.…

    • 1504 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays