Loneliness only causes two consequences, a desperate or eager to vent invigorating impulses.

After the defeat in Vietnam, an awkward period of confusion, the disappointment of the American political and spiritual skepticism in the United States is quite common in younger people, while Travis is undoubtedly one of the typical representatives. As experienced all the hardships of WWII, people are actually lost a lot of “integrity personality”. after the war, he returned burdened with psychological fear and reality of the Vietnam War era all the mental stress, he, Travis, and I want effort into this society to go into the middle of New York to find a corner of their own survival, but, but never really integrate into it!

He lives in a completely closed world, in a taxi it is a closed space, and then come back to look at his residence, so dark and narrow, which suggested that he repressed, and depressed mental state. From a woman he met, began to unrequited love and later pursued her, and then she walked away to the “Wizard” series of dialogues with him, to the disappointment of senator, and to persuaded Alice returned home but get reject, Travis can no longer tolerate,Initially he believes that “the rain will wash away all the garbage,” but he realize this is not possible at end, he finally decided to eradicate the junk by himself. It can be said when he raised his gun, the gun is aligned with the whole social system of the United States.