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she represents the jewish people turning away from the old testament, and towards jack who represents jesus
>i'd rather be his whore etc etc
this is a reference to israel apostasizing. in the prophets, the nation of israel is an unfaithful wife, a whore, and their apostasy is described as whoredom. the same thing is at play in taxi driver, where travis bickle is God, and jodie foster, called iris, is the nation of israel in whoredom. God says he will guard israel as the apple or pupil of his eye, which is pretty close to an iris. just like God, bickle works anytime, anywhere. he is 26 years old, and 26 is the gematria of YHVH. he drives a checker cab, and the temple had checker floors.
frodo makes a similar move in throwing away the ring too
it's about surrendering worldly power and riches and seeking the spiritual, a very gnostic, dualistic concept. it's harder for a rich man to enter heaven etc etc
and if you read the nt jesus was literally a homeless bum that slept in the park (garden of gethsemane)