Bring on the tough stuff. There’s not just one right answer.
- Does Travis Bickle slowly go crazy as the story progresses or was he crazy to begin with?
- Why is Travis hailed as a hero after killing Iris' pimp and the two other guys at the end of the movie?
- Why does Betsy agree to go out with Travis in the first place?
- How does the movie deal with Travis' attitudes towards women? How does he view Betsy and Iris? What are the differences between the ways he perceives these two women?
- Is there anything that might've helped Travis and prevented him from embarking on his murderous course of action?
- Why does Travis want to assassinate Charles Palantine? Explain his motives.
- What will happen to Travis after the movie ends?
- What is it about New York City that specifically disgusts Travis? Does he have any moral high ground from which to judge the people he encounters? Would he feel disgusted and violent in any city he happened to live in—not just New York?