Travis Bickle is an ex-marine who has little to no education and a very little options. He becomes a taxi driver in order to cope with the long, sleepless nights as well as make some cash. As a taxi driver Travis witnesses the crime, prostitution and corruption in New York City during the 1970s. Every night Travis witnesses these things firsthand in the back of his taxi cab. After a while, Travis becomes sick of the scum that lurks around New York City and decides to take matters into his own hands.

The scene that I found to be important was after Travis went into the grocery store. At that moment a robber walks in with a gun in order to rob it. At that moment Travis decides that he needs to step up and become a hero in that corrupted society. So Travis shoots and kills the robber. This scene shows Travis Bickle as a violent dogmatist. As a person that who wants to become a hero who can reform society and “wash the trash off the sidewalk.”