The Dark Passenger Character Analysis

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everything is perfect no matter what area he is working in. Dexter is usually very good at controlling his urges in order to protect himself from getting caught and to protect his family. Because he always carefully plans his kills before performing them, he usually is not impulsive since he doesn’t want to get caught or get himself killed. There are a very few instances however, when he is impulsive and it creates a lot of chaos.
Although Dexter himself tends to not feel emotions, his Dark Passenger displays signs of neuroticism when he is stressed out. When something goes wrong with a kill, if the person gets away or there is a struggle or another issue with him completing the kill the way he likes to, he get very annoyed and cranky and

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