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Religious Symbolism In Pulp Fiction

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My favorite movie of all time is Pulp Fiction. When I first watched this movie I fell in love with it as soon as I started watching it. I had never been so enthralled by a film until I saw Pulp Fiction. This piece of cinematic history is one of the best movies of all time and for good reason. Pulp Fiction has everything; great characters, great story, amazing performances, amazing soundtrack and so much more that I could write an entire paper on why this film is so amazing. After I first watched the movie, I discussed the contents of the film with my father and I talked to him about the symbolism the movie has. I then went into research about this movie and discovered that his whole movie has religious symbolism all over the place. My English …show more content…

Before he kills a person he quotes the bible verse Ezekiel 25:17. This passage of the bible refers to a system of values which makes a man live a good life with moral decisions. But this passage means nothing to Jules as a he is a man who goes around killing people and he has no morals. In the film, Jules even says “I’ve been saying that shit for years, and if you heard it – that meant your ass. I never gave much thought to what it meant – I just thought it was some cold-blooded shit to say to a motherfucker before I popped a cap in his ass.” This quote means a lot to the movie because the verse Jules quotes are not even in the bible but that actually connects with a lot of conversation in the movie. A lot of the conversation in Pulp Fiction is about the names of anything. What do you call a Big Mac? What do you call a Whopper? When Ringo calls the waitress Garcon only to find out that Garcon is not the correct word and the most important quote in the movie is said by the character Butch. When a Hispanic cab driver asks him what his name is, he replies with “This is America, honey; our names don’t mean shit.” This quote is important to all the symbolism behind Pulp Fiction it shows that no matter what these characters do or who they are and it doesn’t matter what their name is. Jules quotes the bible before he kills people, but he might as well just be quoting Johnny Cash or Marlon

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