Why Dexter Is A Serial Killer - 2413 Words

First of all, if you do not know Dexter is a television show about a man named Dexter who is a serial killer that lives a unique life. He works for Miami Metro Police Department and lives a pretty normal life, except for the fact that he is a killer. He has a wife, Rita and three kids, however his wife ends up getting brutally murdered. Later in the show he gets a girlfriend, Hannah, who plays a huge role. He lived the perfect cover life for his killings. But between seasons one through eight many events partake changing the way he has to go about killing. Even with the given circumstances one thing that never changes is the code. The code is a set of rules about how, when, and why to kill. The code states to only kill who deserves to be†¦show more content†¦Even moral people usually can agree that someone who has killed multiple people need to be killed also. If the hijackers somehow would have lived after crashing the planes nobody would want them to live after the 2,996 d eaths they caused. If given the chance most people would have killed the terrorists before the attacks. So Dexter’s one hundred thirty kills could have saved countless lives and people understand that. Even though Dexter suggests morality doesn’t mean he has morals. Later on Donnelly starts to talk about popular culture and its influences on the show. She says, â€Å"Popular culture thrives on explanation as a way of abating fears of violence and fears of Otherness† (Donnelly 21) which season seven and eight are all about. Dexter searches constantly for a real reason to explain why he is the way he is. He wants a better understanding of himself to make himself fit in. Morals have been developed to single out the abnormal and throughout his whole life Dexter was singled out. The consumers of the show can identify a killer as a monster, making the person less than human in our minds. Therefore if Dexter thought the same as us; killing a killer is the same as squis hing a bug because both are lesser than humans and their lives do not make an impact on ours. Dexter realizes in season eight that he is an even worse monster that he believed himself to be. It is also talked about how Dexter has no feelings so