Taxi Driver

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that " One day a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.
Bickle works long hours sometimes from 6pm to 8am and while working is very disgusted by the city. In his free time though he represents everything that he hates about the city. He goes to the triple x theatre and even tries to pick up the concession stand worker. As he narrates he tells of how he is trying to find his own identity in the crowded city.
Then one day, out of the monotony, walks a girl in which Bickle develops a severe crush. He observes her from afar viewing her as an untouchable dream girl. A few days pass and Bickle gathers the courage to walk confidently in to the campaign headquarters, of presidential candidate Charles Palatine, where his crush, Betsy (played by Cybil Sheppard) works. He says he wants to volunteer in order to talk to her and when she says ok he tells her that he is not really interested in volunteering but wants to take her out for coffee and pie. ...

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