Things go terribly wrong when Travis decides to take her to a porno movie.īetsy is turned off and leaves. Initially, Betsy seems interested, too, and agrees to go on a date with him. He seeks it with Betsy-a worker for the campaign of presidential candidate Charles Palantine. Part of him is yearning for love, or some kind of connection.
We learn little about his background, including the fact that he's apparently an ex-marine and a Vietnam veteran.
Travis Bickle is a strange, anonymous taxi driver, drifting through the streets of New York at night, hanging out in porno theaters, and privately raging against the depravity of the city in his diary.
