"The Other" And "Taxi Driver": A Comparison
Beginning of paper
"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, "The Other" is killed by the protagoni ....
Middle of paper
.... 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 ....
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Number of words: 644
Number of pages: 3 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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