In the past two weeks, I have really been watching Netflix. This has led me to restart the TV series, "Dexter," and after reading the blog assignment guidelines, I feel like I can use Dexter as an example. If you have not watched "Dexter," then be warned, I will be mentioning some things that will be spoilers for the show. At a young age Dexter witnessed his mother being murdered by the hands of a cocaine dealer. At the time, he did not know how this would effect him. Little did he know, that witnessing his mother being cut into pieces with a chainsaw, would cause him to create this "dark passenger" inside of him. In certain episodes he talks about this thing, and Dexter relates it to being a monster inside of him. If you do not know, Dexter is actually a serial killer in the show. Which would have been an important piece of information to know at the beginning. With this controlling monster inside of him, it drives him to kill people that are murderers and others who, in his eyes, deserve to die. I feel like this monster was only created because of the terrible things he saw as a child. It really psychologically messed with his mind, and what he thinks is right. So, the cocaine dealer created the monster that is Dexter.
While I have not seen the show in its entirety, I have a basic knowledge of it and I do agree that Dexter is quite monstrous. He murders because it is an addiction for him it seems like. However, I wish you would have brought how greed affects him in becoming monstrous into your post. I think that how he is always looking for someone to kill in the show, even though they are bad people, is greedy on his part, and I think that plays into his monstrosity.
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