Dissecting Dexter A Fictional Homage

By Anne Penn

Dissecting Dexter is an analysis of the fictional character Dexter. As a society we love to cheer him on but don't want to admit to doing so. How can a serial killer, even one with a code be allowed to exist in our society? Even if this killer is one who takes out criminals that the system has let fall through the cracks how can we let him be happy in the end? An analysis of the two endings - episode twelve at the end of season eight and the ending of the first season of Dexter New Blood. Anne includes other options in the story as an audience member and huge fan of the books and the series.

The thing about Dexter that is a theme throughout is he tries to solve a moral dilemma in each season and sometimes in each episode. This is about the issues Dexter has as he transitions from a young man functioning by the moral and or kill code his father taught him from an early age into his own man. His father was so worried about a true monster that Dexter could become he never really stopped to see that Dexter had more than one dimension that he could have addressed or even seen had he been more open to his son. Dexter's father wanted to mold and shape him, doing it out of love and concern he thought. "Harry" who becomes his ghost dad and is shown as a sort of conscience for Dexter never gave Dexter a chance to fully explore or blossom into what could have been or maybe should have his true self. One of this authors very favorite shows Anne could not walk away from the series as it has been so far until she paid homage to it and then shared her thoughts. This is Anne's fictional homage if you will of the character Dexter and the writing of the original author Jeff Lindsay as well as the writers of the series. Anne Penn is a True Crime author of books about the real serial killer monikered the Golden State Killer, Visalia Ransacker, East Area Rapist and the Original Night Stalker, plus the infamous Zodiac Killer among others. Anne's books have been in the top 100 of Criminal Law Evidence every day. Anne is a serial killer expert having studied serial killers since 1980. She has written seven books on that subject alone that include Ted Bundy, BTK - AKA Dennis Radar, The Green River Killer Gary Ridgeway and of course the Golden State Killer Joseph J. DeAngelo just apprehended in 2018. Her latest books also include the connections of the Zodiac Killer to the Golden State Killer. You can find her podcasts online as well. Thank you for reading this fun and easy walk with Dexter.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DV4PF5BC
• ISBN13: 9798308376408
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"