In the television series Dexter, a forensic technician named Dexter Morgan, was a specialist in blood splatter analysis for the Miami Metro Police Department. During his career as a forensic technician he also lived a secret life as a vigilante serial killer himself. He focused on harsh serial killers who had managed to slip through the justice system. He would target heinous criminals, such as those who caused horrible crimes against children, along with rapists, and serial killers for example. Because of his profession, he was able to rid society of these killers and be able to do so without getting caught.…
Violence has been in decline for long stretches of time, and today we may be living in the most peaceful era in our species existence. The decline in violence has not been steady, it has not brought rates of violence to a complete halt, and it is not guaranteed to continue. But in this essay, Steven Pinker persuades us that is a persistent historical development visible on scales from millennia’s to years, from wars and genocides, to the treatment of children and animals.…
The revolutionary mind of american journalist and author, Hunter S. Thompson, once beautifully deciphered, “Human beings are the only creatures on Earth who claim a God, and the only living thing that behaves like it hasn't got one.” (Thompson 198) Although Mr. Thompson is entirely correct in his conclusions of human nature, it is only a select ensemble of human beings who primarily rely on sinister means of procuring what they desire, be it wealth, revenge, love, etc. Necessities and desires alike are better proclaimed through more palpable means such as hard word, dedication, and patience to a person of honest character and sane mind. To these “normal” people, it is simply incomparable that another human being could consider crime a tangible way to procure success and happiness, and thus, a single question arises……
Have you ever wondered how a human being has it in him to kill another of his type? Believe it or not there are cruel people out there just like that. People that don’t care who they hurt or what the consequence is, but the benefit they get from it. The great author Truman Capote wrote a non-fictional novel about a great mass murder of his time. The novel that was later made into a movie was called “In Cold Blood”.…
A Brief Comparison of American Classics: Dexter & Hop-Frog How far is to far when it comes to getting revenge? The modern TV show Dexter by John Goldwyn and the historic “Hop-frog” by Edgar Allan Poe are two stories separated in time by nearly 160 years, yet they share many similarities worth mentioning. In Dexter a psychopath uses being a police investigator as a front to exact his revenge on criminals, while in Hop-Frog a crippled dwarf who also happens to be a court jester exacts his revenge on a tyrannical king.. The theme of murder being used as a means of revenge is evident in both of these stories through their use of extrajudicial killings, criminals who feel as if they are above the law, and the ultimate inescapability of the protagonist’s…
Savagery is defined as the quality of being fierce or cruel by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Savagery is seen in everyday life, from bullying in school to physical torture to murder. However, there does seem to be a difference between the brutality of men and women. When thinking back to a more primitive time, it was a male’s job to hunt and kill while females had a more protective role. The difference between men's and women's cruelty is that women are more defensive in their savagery while men tend to be more aggressive.…
Dexter is an antihero and a fictional character from the thriller and crim series of novels created and written Jeff Lindsay. There are around seven books, and the first novel he wrote was in 2004. In 2006 the series were adapted to TV show “Dexter”. The series were between 2006 and 2013. Dexter has eight season and in each season there are about twenty episodes.…
One of the most extreme examples of deviance in our society are serial killers. Murder is a huge taboo in our society and the mass killing of people fascinates and horrifies the American public. Serial killers are a prime example of rebels and primary deviance. Using serial killers as an example, this essay will explore six theories…
They state that there is such wickedness in humans such as serial killers and murders. For example, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and Peter Sutcliffe are all people who killed others without mercy. However, many people do not realize that they act this way due to their environment. People don’t kill just to kill, there is a reason behind it, and that reason is either due to previous wrong-doings or for revenge. Therefore, these people are not naturally rancorous; it’s our environments that depict our actions.…
Elizabeth Williams Ms. Blair English 4 2 April 2015 What causes serial killers to become what they are: Nature or nurture? There are many speculations of what makes a person do and be the things they are but it is not only nature or nurture it’s a combination of both. For a long time people have wondered what makes people act the way they do. People especially wonder about the people of the outcast of the society, the killers. People are fascinated of how these people can do the things they do.…
Violence can be described as the intent to hurt or damage something or someone, which can be done in a number of ways. The group of writings that I chose was under the title of “Cultures of Violence”, and I believe that this heading efficaciously describes the two essays within it. On War by James Boswell, and The Paranoid Style of American Policing by Ta-Nehisi Coates, each tell their thoughts on violence and how they view it within different areas of today’s society. However, I feel that On War is better able to effectively convey its purpose. The purpose of On War by James Boswell was to tell his personal thought on the irrationality of war.…
TWENTY YEARS LATER: THE DIRTY TRUTH ON JOHN WAYNE GACY, THE SERIAL KILLER By: Vaithiegaa Mathanarajan Even twenty years after the death if the notorious serial killer, John Wayne Michael Gacy, people still tremble when they hear his name. Gacy, an American serial killer was found guilty of killing thirty-three boys and young men (Berry-Dee, 2007). Biographical Information Gacy was born on March 17th, 1942, and died on May 10th, 1994 by lethal injection (Greig, 2010).…
Intellect nor the imagination define a person’s reason for killing, rather the deeper things like socialization and childhood express the reasoning behind the gruesome murders (Ioana). Despite two-sided evidence and common perceptions, the more supported answer to the question is that serial killers are made. People are the most impressionable in their early stages of life. Children tend to mimic the actions of the people they are around (Langdon).…
As Pinker shows comparisons from the past to show a decrease in violence, he crafts this essay with complete precision. He introduces this essay with one of the most immoral acts you could think of, the torturing of a cat. This introduction snatches the reader’s attention…
When we watch these shows we are filled with these fantasies of killings and torture, and once the show is over those fantasies stop. Serial killer’s fantasies continue. This leaves us with the questions, “How can we stop these fantasies and not kill?”, and “Why do they kill?” Murder has been dated back since the early 1400s.…