Outside theDaily Planetoffice, Clark jaywalked to reach Lois across the street, and was directly hit in the legs - but unhurt - by a Checker taxi, which suffered major front-end damage."" Suffering humiliation and near failure, John Doe decides to prove his sincerity by leaping from the top of City Hall, but is persuaded otherwise by the real John Does of the world.Dialectical or dichotomous oppositions are commonplace as hematic elements: sunrise/sunset, day/night, good/evil, sun/moon, corruption/purity, peace/violence, the country/the city, the Old World/the New World, nature/culture, sensuality/innocence, the blonde, faithful peasant wife/the dark sultry city vamp orfemme fatale, and sin/redemption.Conway puts four bullets into the already-limp body.Henry witnesses the enormity of the violence and then slams the trunk shut.A simple zoom shot and then a freeze-frame holds on Henry""s face, as the main title credits play (with a blood-red title for the film).