taxi driver

After the passenger (or viewer) gets into the cab, the driver begins with a blurred tour of the grungy, dark and dismal streets of New York and the faceless people that walk them. Though the streets are crowded, everyone is alone. Many wander to the sleaze strips to see the X-rated films that are now socially accepted by most of New York's inhabitants. As Travis says to Betsy when she mentions that she doesn't like that kind of film: "No, no. This is a movie a lot of couples come to". This shows the acceptance of society towards perversion, as

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His ears are numb from the many lies he has heard and the lies he himself has come to believe. Travis looks the other way, as if to say: "Hey, it happens all the time, so that makes it all right", subconsciously feeding his disgust with the scum of the world.

Later, as Travis follows Iris and her friend from his cab, a large, furious black man storms down the street screaming "I'm gonna kill him!" which also goes unnoticed. Even if the majority of people do something, it does not necessarily make it all right. Like most politicians, Palantine always knows the right thing to say to get the votes, even though he doesn't mean any of it. As Travis says in the scene where Betsy is introduced, "She is alone.

As well, society has begun to accept violence.

The lonely cab driver represents the isolated people that walk the streets of New York. As Travis walks towards Wizard to get some advice, the camera looks down the block to a couple of prostitutes being harassed and assaulted by some young troublemakers with chains. This line foreshadows that Travis wants to be the 'rain' that will wash the filth away, and that he will do something bad in the name of goodness.

Betsy works in the campaign office of Senator Palantine. Travis sees himself as a guardian angel sent down from Heaven to save the good from Hell. Travis is best described by the line "He's a prophet and a pusher, partly truth and partly fiction".

The cab driver sits in his driver's seat with a stony wall built up around him, deflecting the scum thrown in his direction.

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Approximate Word count = 565
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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