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"The Other" and "Taxi Driver": A Comparison
"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 protagonist at the end o ....
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.... 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 certain quality that we have,
we might have an identity crisis in our adult lives. In this film, we have
a good example of "identity and rivalry". After Travis based his identity
upon his model, he started a competition wi ....
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