"The Other" And "Taxi Driver": A Comparison
Beginning of Essay
"The Other" is a theme, motif or figure which seems to appear over
and over in the movie. It could be nature, women, other races, other
cultures, homosexuals, criminals, rulers, Gods, monsters, etc. In the film,
the protagonist becomes just like "The Other" in or .... Middle of Essay .... to eliminate them, becomes a criminal just like
them. Therefore in "Taxi Driver",we see two good examples of "The Other".
In "Taxi Driver" we see that Travis Bickle still has an identity
forming problem, or I might say that he has unconsciously formed an
identity during his childhood, but he's trying to find it. It was his
curiosity about his identity that was giving him problems to sleep.
Basically, his identity should be formed based on his father's identity,
but nothing is obvious. Whoever his (Travis) model was, planted the
confidence in Travis to form his identity. For example, if our parents
don't tell us in early our childhood about a certa ....
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