Pulp Fiction Symbolism

Pulp Fiction is a film directed by Quentin Tarantino. This film contains nonlinear storyline between criminals and gangsters in the location of Los Angeles.It follows the story of Butch and the goold watch story, he receives a gold watch which has been passed down four generation and as a child he is told from a friend of his dad about his familys war history and hand him the gold watch and we see the symbolism of war to his current affairs.While another story line include Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega, who are on a mission to require a suitcase that belongs to the mobster boss, Marcellus Wallace. This film is packed with extensive dialogue between characters that illustrate the life of a the mob in Los Angeles.The film's title references …show more content…
When Koonz(father's friend) gave him the watch he told him it was “Your granddaddy's war watch” and “ Hopefully you'll never have to experience this yourself”. before going into detail about the war he said that he hopes he doesn't have to endure what his father went through. The journey that Butch went through to get the watch back is a symbolism of war the struggle his father went through. When Butch goes an gets the watch you see him sneak through the alley and goes through broken wired fences for the dramatic effect you can hear a helicopters and barking all these effects are chosen to enhance the battling against Marcellus and his henchmen it's a war but on a civilian level. Then in the apartments he kills the hitman with a machine gun another reference to war, dramatic loud helicopters and motorcycles are played as he exits his apartment are all connections to the struggle that his forefathers all faced he showed …show more content…
After Butch retrieved the gold watch he encounter Marcellus Wallace in the street and they both end up fighting in a general store where they both get caught by two hillbillies trying to rape both of them and when Koonz was speaking to butch as child he said that the POW camps was a “Hanoi pit of hell” and the two hillbillies say that the dungeon of rape was a “pit of hell” this and the POW camps are similar in their ways he has to overcome this obstacle like his father and pass on the watch to the next generation.The fact that Butch when back to get him after escaping he it's like Koonz said “When two men are in a situation like me and your dad were,you take certain responsibilities of the other” so Butch took responsibility of the other which was Marcellus, but what is really impressive is the matching of the lyrics to the song that was playing when Marcellus was walking turned and saw butch in the car while the lyrics say “ It's good to see you, I must go, I know I look