There is a decent argument that Pulp Fiction is accidentally a modern take on medieval Christian morality tales. Augustine's rightly ordered loves is God at the top then blood bonds then friends neighbors then material and pleasures, and evil is a result of misordering these loves.
Medieval stories were often told out of order for the sake of the message. The first part, where Jules famously eats the burger, shows evil winning as Vincent and Jules place material gain over love of fellow man. The second part features Vincent about to betray his boss by sleeping with his wife while they are both high, but ends with good prevailing as their loyalty to Wallace is placed above sex and drugs. The third part has Butch putting familial love, the gold watch, over his own safety and material gain. Butch and Marcellus bond over spilling blood, both theirs and others, and the ensuing love resolves their material dispute. The movie ends with Jules placing his faith in God above all else, giving up crime, his money, and sparing the robbers.
There is a decent argument that Pulp Fiction is accidentally a modern take on medieval Christian morality tales. Augustine's rightly ordered loves is God at the top then blood bonds then friends neighbors then material and pleasures, and evil is a result of misordering these loves.
Medieval stories were often told out of order for the sake of the message. The first part, where Jules famously eats the burger, shows evil winning as Vincent and Jules place material gain over love of fellow man. The second part features Vincent about to betray his boss by sleeping with his wife while they are both high, but ends with good prevailing as their loyalty to Wallace is placed above sex and drugs. The third part has Butch putting familial love, the gold watch, over his own safety and material gain. Butch and Marcellus bond over spilling blood, both theirs and others, and the ensuing love resolves their material dispute. The movie ends with Jules placing his faith in God above all else, giving up crime, his money, and sparing the robbers.