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    education and work. Yes, education and work is available but that doesn 't necessarily result in being rich. Dexter in Winter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald,…

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    Dexter, is a Tv show about a blood splatter analysis, who not only works to find the killers, but is an killer, an serial killer to be exact. With his actions seeming equivalent to one of a vigilante who only murders the guilty, Dexter fells he does nothing wrong. Whether it be at work or when he performs his “hobby”, Dexter makes sure justice is served. As many dark themed storyline are created, many tend to open with a chilling opening credits that capture your attention to allow you to see…

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    In his 2012 article for The New Yorker, “Atonement,” Dexter Filkins recounts his time spent in Iraq and explains how he helped connect Lu Lobello, a veteran suffering from severe PTSD, with the Kachadoorians, an Armenian family. While in Iraq, the Kachadoorians suffered devastating casualties and injuries at the hands of Lobello’s unit, Fox Company. Even though the United States Government determined the civilian deaths and injuries were justified, Lobello and many other members of Fox Company…

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    Winter Dreams a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the story of a young man, Dexter, and his dreams during the roaring twenties. The roaring twenties was a time when people attended lavish parties and enjoyed the finer things in life. Dexter dreamed of glittering things and the finer things in life affecting his decisions over the years. Dexter began as a caddy to the wealthy on Sherry Island to earn pocket money. It was here on Sherry island where he first encountered Judy and introduced to…

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    In Dexter Filkins’ article, “Lost Soldiers” exposes the American public to the truth of what’s happening in the Middle East. He achieves this point by using a serious, rather upset tone, like the voice of a father who lost his child to war. His purpose for using this type of tone is to pull the emotion of sympathy from the reader, which compliments the tone of the story and helps him further get his point across. The article begins with a quick use of pathos. The sentence “Just boys”,…

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    doing. I’d like to talk about the character Dexter from the television show “Dexter”. He is very different from me and has a dark mind so at times it was very hard for me to understand his positive motive for what he did. This show is based around Dexter and how he is a serial killer who kills serial killers. A lot of us would think that that is crazy and very inhumane but that’s not the way Dexter sees it. He finds positive motive for his actions. Dexter knew he has a darkness to him and…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and a leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He delivered his famous “I have a Dream” speech, at the Lincoln Memorial on 28 August 1963 in order to call for an end of racism in the United States. In his speech Martin Luther King Jr. attempted to convince the majority white United States government to give African Americans equal rights through the use of biblical and historical allusions, alliterations, and imagery. King…

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    The character of Dexter in Winter Dreams The main character in the short story “Winter Dreams” written by F Scott Fitzgerald, is a fourteen-year-old boy named Dexter. Dexter is kind of a nut case when winter comes around He goes into an intense and emotional melancholy." It appears that winter severely affects Green’s psych; it makes him "tremble," "repeat foolish sentences" and "command imaginary audiences." In winter, he fantasizes – primarily about golf games, which he plays "over the…

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    Dexter Greene is a poor caddy in Minnesota and the son of a wealthy businessman. While caddying for T.A. Hedrick he met his daughter Judy Jones. He randomly quits his job, ironically shortly after beginning to like Judy Jones. Judy disappears one day, so Dexter meets Irene who he almost gets married with, but then Judy pops up at a bad tine. So Dexter doesn’t know what to do, so he ends up with no one and starts going crazy and believing that it was all just a bad dream. When the story begins,…

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    American Dream is a desire for glittery items. Being successful was Dexter’s desire, but Judy Jones was his infatuation. At a young age, Dexter had dreamed of being as successful as the men he had caddied for. After laying his eyes on Judy Jones, Dexter perceived that he would never have Judy, but she quickly became his most unreachable goal in life. When Dexter had quit his job as a caddie due to the way Judy was treating him, he had eventually opened a Laundromat that had progressed and became…

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