wife Katie (Dorothy McGuire)‚ older son Travis (Tommy Kirk) and younger son Arliss (Kevin Corcoran). While Jim is away‚ Travis sets off to work in the cornfield‚ where he encounters "Old Yeller" (Spike)‚ a Labrador Retriever/Mastiff mix. He was called that because "yeller" is a dialect pronunciation of yellow and the fact that his bark sounds more like a human yell. Travis unsuccessfully tries to drive the dog away‚ but Arliss likes him and defends him to Travis. However‚ the dog’s habit of stealing
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old boy who goes by the name of Travis‚ and his younger brother Arliss and his mother who are left to fend for themselves after the husband has to leave for the cattle mart with plenty of other men in town as well. Travis’ father leaves him in charge of things around their home while he is gone and Travis takes up the responsibility of doing various chores that his father had taken care of himself prior to him leaving. The deal between the two of them is that if Travis does a good job keeping things
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Drivers license from his back right pocket. He was identified as Travis P Mcueuen by Arizona DL B14544044. Travis only has the letter P as his middle name.
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as it turns out‚ proves to be much more than that; it is a true coming-of-age story. At 14 years old‚ Travis Coates lives with his mother and little brother‚ Arliss‚ in the hill country of Texas during the 1860s when his father must leave home to work on a cattle drive. He leaves Travis to “act a man’s part” and take care of the family in his absence. While working in a cornfield one day‚ Travis come across Old Yeller and tries to drive him away‚ but his younger brother‚ Arliss likes Old Yeller and
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In the film Taxi Driver‚ Travis Bickle‚ a middle aged man with no proclaimed direction in life in the beginning of the film. He soon enough‚ through his convictions about the "scum of the city‚" a love lost‚ and perhaps mental instability as a result of the Vietnam war‚ finds meaning in his life and carries it out through controversial actions. According to Merriam-Webster judging is defined as: "to form an opinion about (something or someone) after careful thought." Whether it be taking a girl out
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is about antihero Travis Bickle‚ and his urge to clean up New York City by way of vigilante justice. Throughout the film‚ Travis strives to be a savior and figures the best way to save New York is by taking it upon himself to get rid of the city’s filth. Scorsese uses Taxi Driver to criticize vigilantism by ironically characterizing
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from a nameless man about his beliefs and his life. The Underground Man is isolated from those around him‚ and for a time‚ isolated from himself. Dostoevsky’s character created an archetype‚ of the alienated anti-hero‚ that inspired Paul Schrader’s Travis Bickle. The film Taxi Driver‚ directed by Martin Scorsese‚ is heavily influenced by Notes from Underground. The
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on a 14-year-old boy named Travis and his dog Old Yeller. This book takes place in an old log cabin in birdsong creek‚ with Travis explaining his story from the begining. Travis was a lonely boy from Kansas who one day finds a yellow haired dog that first makes him so mad that he wanted to shoot the dog‚ but when he does have to shoot him his conscience holds him back. He begs his father to keep him and at first he was hesitant not to let Travis‚ but finally comes to his senses
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Driver (1976) illustrates the main character‚ Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro)‚ experiencing a regression in character development and a descent into madness based on the actions he commits. Throughout the film‚ Travis seems as if he lacks some understanding in human interaction but as the protagonist‚ the audience experiences the film and its universe through his eyes and requires that the audience connects to him in some way. However‚ towards the end‚ Travis along with the other characters become distant
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imitated scenes in cinematic history. Travis Bickle is talking to himself and the world as a whole while he points his gun and threatens into that mirror. This is a breaking point in Travis’ life and his psyche. He has become more and more disassociated with reality and now he must act on his objections to the world. Scorsese shows Travis’ skewed point of view through a number of effective mise-en-scene‚ camera and editing techniques. Firstly‚ he shows Travis mostly as his mirror image‚ which has
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