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    ultimately the woman’s choice what to do with her body, and thank God for that! In the story, “Winter Dreams”, Fitzgerald describes a story of a man, Dexter Greene, extremely ambitious about his future. Fitzgerald uses the setting of a golf course to represent that Dexter likes the finer things in life. As it was pointed out in the beginning of the story, Dexter was not from a poor family but by no means was wealthy, although his father owned the second best grocery store in town. The golf course stands for money, wealth and the lifestyles of the rich. This is why, I think the author chose “Winter Dreams” as the title of this story. Since it was during the summer that Dexter was a caddy on the course, it’s his winter dreams where he imagines his future as a wealth man. Evidently, Dexter becomes attracted to Judy Jones as every other man does. Moreover, Dexter can’t see beyond Judy’s beauty, therefore, he doesn’t truly get to know her personally, eventually moving on with his life. Although Dexter decides to settle for another woman, Irene, the “dream” of Judy Jones never dies. For example, the author portrays this when Dexter attends a dance without his fiance “Hello, darling. He was filled with a sudden excitement.” (p.454) for Dexter, there is still a chance for him and Judy. Although engaged to another woman, Dexter decides to go home with Judy that night symbolizing that he is still chasing his winter dreams “It was strange that neither when it was over nor a…

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    1. I feel sorry for both Dexter and Judy because they both are focused on materialistic things. Dexter allows himself to be manipulated by Judy’s beauty and high social status, which makes me feel sorry for Dexter since he is brainwashed. I feel sorry for Judy because she is spoiled. 2. A.) In the Spring Dexter felt depressed, in the Fall he filled with happiness, he knew there was something gorgeous about the fall. In October he was filled with hope, in November the hope he felt in October…

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    eye,” and Wikipedia defines this saying as “ the law of retaliation, is the principle that a person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree” (Eye for an eye 1.) Is it fair rapist and murders only have to sit in jail for what they did? Or should they feel what it is like to be victim of crime? Showtime has a controversial show called Dexter. Dexter is a show about a man who works for the Miami Police Department's analysis unit. Due to a traumatic upbringing, Dexter…

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    friend but also the love of her life, caused her to act out. She launched a counter race for her school’s presidency against her own brother, she was suspended three times, and begged her mother to let her enroll in a Catholic school for all the wrong reasons. She never mentioned her feelings to anyone, and the one time she did it was with her school’s psychologist. This did not last long since she decided to proclaim her love and the psychologist immediately assumed it was for a boy. Both girls…

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    standard dictionary definition. For example, Dexter is an American crime drama that takes an aspect of justice as its setting and uses it to invoke the audience to contemplate the idea of justice. With this in mind, the producers of Dexter make both a idealistic and realistic claim: the ideals of modern justice are catching criminals and penalizing them for their crimes, yet because the legal system and the people who serve it are flawed, the producers seek to critique the definition of justice…

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    concepts explained by Foucault that can connect to the show Dexter are The Gentle Art of Punishment, Docile Bodies and The Means of Correct Training. During the series, Dexter Morgan displays characteristics and actions that relate to these concepts. As said Dexter had grown up going through difficult times to try and fit in and stay within a “code” his adopted father wanted him to follow. Dexter had the need and urges to kill. Growing up, Harry made it clear that Dexter could only kill…

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    Dexter And Hop Frog

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    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…

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    The character being dissected the complexities of is Dexter Morgan in the book “Darkly Dreaming Dexter” by Jeff Lindsay. The main idea of Dexter is grown and produced after the serial killer is communicating with dexter introducing the theme of the story. Just like when a head hits his car, the story hits your mind. The characters begin growing and making important decisions and tell us about how they work and who they are. Dexter is an obvious round character and a hero in his own way, allowing…

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    concluded series, "Dexter." In the show, the protagonist is Dexter Morgan who is a forensic blood spatter analyst who works for the Miami Metro Police department. Dexter also has a side to him that consists of gruesomely killing other killers. Dexter had first recognized his urge to constantly kill at a pre-adolescent age. He calls this urge within him "The Dark Passenger.” He channels his urge by killing these other murders to protect his friends and family but, if the public were to find out…

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    Pros And Cons Of Dexter

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    Dexter is a serial executioner who takes after the “Code of Harry”. This code ensures Dexter from being caught and licenses him to take matters into his own hands, and execute the criminals at will. The slaughtering of these criminals serves as neutralization and decreases the thought that Dexter is a psychopathic serial executioner. In nearly all kill examinations made by the police, Dexter has place inside of these examinations and the presentations of the serial killers. As Dexter serves out…

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