"The Other" And "Taxi Driver": A Comparison
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"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 order to resolve the
problem. Usually ....
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.... appears as gangsters in the
movie. Travis, in order 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 hi ....
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