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[Last Name] 1 English 111 03/08/2016 Good Killings “Darkly Dreaming Dexter” is a novel by Jeff Lindsay. A serial killer named Dexter Morgan who is also blood analysis that works at the Metro-Dade police department. Dexter had a foster father named Harry Morgan, he was a cop. When he saw what Dexter was becoming into, Harry taught ways he can kill bad people without getting caught. Dexter targets only serial-killers and child molesters. He also had a sister named Deborah Morgan. She asks Dexter for help with a murder case so she can get a promotion. Rita is Dexter girlfriend she is survivor of domestic violence and is not interested in sex. Which fits perfect with Dexter qualification since he does not engage in sex. A case lead to a refrigerator truck who kills his victims and have them bloodless. Dexter gets very interested in the case, and wants to find this refrigerator truck killer and find out how he does it. 

(p.1) “MOON” Lindsay, Jeff (2005-06-28). Darkly Dreaming Dexter (p. 1). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. o “We drove south for another five minutes with no sound but the song of the tires and the wind and the great moon above making its mighty music in my veins, and the careful watcher laughing quietly in the rush of the night’s hard pulse.” Lindsay, Jeff (2005-06-28). Darkly Dreaming Dexter (p. 5). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. o

The “moon” here symbolizes the light is reflected to see the road a head, making it seem a good night for killing, the “moon” seem liked it was happy and a way to tell Dexter it was a good moral decision. It showed

[Last Name] 2 him the way. And he sees himself when he looks at the moon the dark size of him has lighten the way. Which makes him happy as the moon is so white, he can see that he is doing a justifiable thing. o The oxford definition of the word “moon” says “The bright and dark features that outline the face of the “the man in the moon”” 

“GLORIOUS MOON” Lindsay, Jeff (2005-06-28). Darkly Dreaming Dexter (p. 1). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. o “Until now Harry had helped me control my Dark Passenger, feeding him stray pets, hunting deer; one glorious time I had gone with him to catch a feral monkey that had been terrorizing a South Miami neighborhood.” Lindsay, Jeff (2005-06-28). Darkly Dreaming Dexter (p. 157). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. o The words “Glorious Time” (p. 157) here symbolizes a time or a moment when Dexter and his father shared a special moment. A special “glorious time” when he felt Dexter felt good about achieving his dream. A “glorious time” in which he kills for good cause. He found the moments he spent glorious. He felt special pride or respect in that “glorious time”. o As we see in oxford dictionary, that the word “glorious” refers to a thing that is beautiful or distinctive; a special cause for pride, respect, or delight.

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“REDDISH” Lindsay, Jeff (2005-06-28). Darkly Dreaming Dexter (p. 1). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. o “I held them under the running water. The tap let out a stream that was warm, room temperature, and for a moment I was washing my hands in

[Last Name] 3 blood and the water turned red; just for a second, in the half-light of the bathroom, the sink ran bloodred.”. Lindsay, Jeff (2005-06-28). Darkly Dreaming Dexter (pp. 78-79). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. o The word “red” in this text symbolizes blood, the red floors are symbol of love but also blood, which describes being surrounded by fountain, which we can also say that there is a low of red dark blood. Also it can mean the romance between Dexter and Rita. Also it can mean symbol of danger or a signal to stop of what he has become, red is dark and bright, like the moon white and bright. Which can mean the red symbolize a point of stopping, or being closely to danger of getting caught. In conclusion to the novel, Deborah and Dexter investigates a case in a rink which displays bodies on ice, Deborah finds a footage of of the parking lot which shows someone looks like Dexter Deborah gives Dexter few hours to figure out what is going on, Dexter finally figures out who is the Refrigerator truck driver, who turns out to be his own brother by blood....