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On a scale of evil characters, he's not very high up there. Very low actually. It seems what really bothered you about him was his thoughts. He killed a robber, and some pimps. He gave some woman the ick, and tried to save a girl from sex trafficking. |
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taxi driver is such a phenomenal, and visceral movie for sure, one of my all time favs That is a good point! I’d say PTSD definitely plays a role in it. I’ve also seen people speculate that he could’ve had a bad family life based on the fictional letter he writes to his family, which makes sense in my opinion. Travis is a very fascinating character. And I didn’t know that about Robert! Very impressive. his family could be a factor, but you don't get much that alludes to it really. also i think the letters are simply him not letting the people that are close to him get too close (e.g. bs about him being in the secret service instead of what is actually happening in his life) |
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It was more his thoughts, yes. That’s why I expressed that I liked the fact he killed pimps/pedophiles. I could go deeper but regarding Iris I believe that while there was some empathy there for sure, his actions were mostly a result of possibly narcissistic/antisocial behavior. He didn’t really have necessarily good intentions, just hated everything about the world around him and wanted to do something about it even if it meant something as extreme as murder. That doesn’t make him downright evil or the best person on earth in my opinion, but I still definitely don’t view him as someone to be idolized, though I relate to him to a certain extent. 👍 I do value your input, though.
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Who is saying they idolize him? And how do you think his character is narcissistic?
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I’ve seen a lot of people idolize him, particularly lonely men who also idolize characters like Patrick Bateman. And I would say Travis exhibits traits of NPD due to a lack of compassion/empathy for those around him (Iris can understandably be argued as a situation where Travis shows some empathy, but it still feels self-centered to me) and self-centeredness/having a savior complex and all that. I also interpreted the ending as a sort of “wish fulfillment” type of thing, that his encounter with Betsy and the letters from Iris’s parents represent Travis’s desire to be liked/given attention because of his misery with himself and his loneliness.
Again, I do not hate Travis, I just like to analyze. After all, I did say that I relate to him to some extent, probably as a result of my own mental health struggles.
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