Themes of Pulp Fiction 1 
Themes of Pulp Fiction
Wesley Donald
ENG225
There are arguably many themes within the film ‘Pulp Fiction’, but one theme sticks out above all of the others. No matter how far down the rabbit hole you may venture, redemption is still attainable if only you are willing to reach out and take it. Quention Terantino has a unique way of storytelling. He has a way of taking people that are outcasts, living on the very fringe of society and somehow making his audience like them. He can take a blood thirsty, cold hearted criminal that would seem very intimidating or scary to most normal people and presenting them in such a way that the audience falls in love with them- or at the very least sympathizes with them. Take Jules for example. During the course of the film he is personally responsible for the murder of no less than three people and helps dispose of another person. He didn’t just kill these people; he did it without batting an eyelash. One man was laying on a couch while Jules was talking to another man and without warning or even flinching, he shoots the man on the couch saying: “I'm sorry, did I break your concentration? I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue, you were saying something about best intentions.” The main point to get across here is that Jules is a very unsavory character. But something changes- something that is a defining part of the entire film. Jules has an epiphany while on this job. After jules and Vincent kill the first two men, a third, armed assailant pops out from behind a wall and opens fire at Jules and Vincent. Miraculously, neither Jules nor Vincent were even grazed during this intense moment. They immediately kill the man. Vincent is not concerned at all, but Jules can’t believe that the man missed at point blank range for nothing and that is when it hits Jules that there may be more to life than killing people for money. Jules believes that what has happened is divine intervention. So from this point on in the
Wesley Donald
ENG225
There are arguably many themes within the film ‘Pulp Fiction’, but one theme sticks out above all of the others. No matter how far down the rabbit hole you may venture, redemption is still attainable if only you are willing to reach out and take it. Quention Terantino has a unique way of storytelling. He has a way of taking people that are outcasts, living on the very fringe of society and somehow making his audience like them. He can take a blood thirsty, cold hearted criminal that would seem very intimidating or scary to most normal people and presenting them in such a way that the audience falls in love with them- or at the very least sympathizes with them. Take Jules for example. During the course of the film he is personally responsible for the murder of no less than three people and helps dispose of another person. He didn’t just kill these people; he did it without batting an eyelash. One man was laying on a couch while Jules was talking to another man and without warning or even flinching, he shoots the man on the couch saying: “I'm sorry, did I break your concentration? I didn't mean to do that. Please, continue, you were saying something about best intentions.” The main point to get across here is that Jules is a very unsavory character. But something changes- something that is a defining part of the entire film. Jules has an epiphany while on this job. After jules and Vincent kill the first two men, a third, armed assailant pops out from behind a wall and opens fire at Jules and Vincent. Miraculously, neither Jules nor Vincent were even grazed during this intense moment. They immediately kill the man. Vincent is not concerned at all, but Jules can’t believe that the man missed at point blank range for nothing and that is when it hits Jules that there may be more to life than killing people for money. Jules believes that what has happened is divine intervention. So from this point on in the