Taxi Driver

Uber is an American international transportation network company. The company operates the service through the Uber mobile app, through which consumers with smartphones submit a trip request that is then forwarded to Uber drivers who use their own cars to take the consumer from point A to point B. Since the launch of Uber many companies have copied the business’s ideology (e.g. Lyft, Sidecar, BlackJet etc.) and that growing trend is called Uberification. The problems stated by NELP in the…

body language makes him a natural born leader, and the mannerisms help to boost his alpha male persona, which propels his characters to another level. Furthermore, he captures the personalities that he is projecting, from movies like Bronx Tail, Taxi Driver, to the God father, he explodes on the screen, but the one that captures his true persona is Goodfellas. Without a doubt, this is one of the utmost electrifying and dominating male characters out in Hollywood who…

In Mortimer’s film analysis, for example, she describes how Taxi Driver invokes the style of the “classical Hollywood western” (Mortimer 29). This Hollywood western theme shows up several times before the final shootout, though it is most obvious when Travis practices drawing his guns in front of the mirror with his infamous line: “You talkin’ to me?” (Taxi Driver). Julian Rice directly references this scene’s similarity to the classic Hollywood western in his…

Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver came out at just the right time; a year after the end of the Vietnam War. America was disenthralled with life, we were no longer considered a moralistic and trusted country that we were once apt to be. Taxi Driver psychologically deciphers the fractures left by the soldiers who came home from the Vietnam War; they have experienced things that have turned them alienated to their natural environment. Travis Bickle is its subject and his journey is a personal one;…

In the “Drive” directed by Nicolas Refn, the driver starts off as a professional in his career of offering repairs and getaway services for clients organized by Shannon (IMDB). The Driver’s professional code of work breaks loose when he met Irene and her son, Benicio – neighbor in the apartment – and he develops a close connection with her (Rotten tomatoes). Nicolas Refn uniquely presents the movie in such a dramatic way that events surrounding all scenes are stylistically combined to produce an…

To begin, the film Taxi Driver is such a complex work of art that displays countless literary elements. The humble yet aggressive protagonist, Travis Bickle, creates and sets the mysterious and suspenseful mood for the entire film. His actions come from being a mentally unstable veteran, which he believes that violence is the only option when trying to help in a situation. He drives his taxi day and night from Brooklyn to the Bronx and to Harlem, which are very dangerous cities in New York.…

develops, operates, and markets the Uber app. The Uber app allows consumers with smartphones to submit a ride request. The request is automatically sent to the closest Uber driver in the area with an alert of the location of the consumer. Uber provides a condensed “How Uber Works” guide for consumers on the website. First, a consumer requests a ride option with selections to see wait times, the size of the ride party, and price…

People write about death for many reasons, whether it be for the revelation of bottled up emotions, the sharing of an experience, or just the mere fact that the sick thoughts emerged from their morbid mind and poured out of their pen onto a piece of paper. But not me; I’m writing about death because it has impacted me in ways that nothing else has, and very few things ever will. My brother grew up just like any other teenage boy. He was raised in church, but like any other child, had to be…

avid cyclist after purchasing a bike to serve as his primary mode of transportation. One afternoon he unfortunately was involved in a vehicular collision and was unable to stop before hitting the SUV in front of him. Luckily neither he nor the other driver sustained any physical injuries; however, the same could not be said of the bike. The car…

On Saturday, 12/30/2017, at approximately 1024 hours I was dispatched as a cover unit for Officer Hyink, on the report of a husband who pushed their wife. I arrived on scene at approximately 1027 hours and saw the husband later identified as Confidential Victim #1, outside the garage and the wife, identified as Suspect Prywes, standing inside the garage. I approached Prywes and asked her what happened. She told me she was pushed and hit the concrete hard on her back. I asked her if she would…