Travis Bickle, an isolated and mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran working as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, becomes obsessed with cleaning the city’s perceived moral decay. His growing alienation leads to violent plans to rescue a young sex worker and to assassinate a political candidate.
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Though never explicitly stated as PTSD, Travis’s behavior strongly reflects the alienation felt by many veterans returning from the Vietnam War. He is highly disciplined but mentally unstable and unable to reintegrate into normal civilian life. The Anti-Hero and Vigilantism Travis Bickle, an isolated and mentally unstable Vietnam