You hit the proverbial nail on the head, Don.  Pulp Fiction engages the

notion of "meaning" and how we interpret phenomena or events quite

differently.  Take, for example, Jules' and Vincent's opposed

interpretations of the "miracle."  Ultimately, their respective

interpretations of the incident either save or destroy them.  Jules gets

out of the business and (we assume) survives because he doesn't "blow the

shit off."  Vincent, on the other hand, chooses to interpret the act of

poor marksmanship as a freak occurrence.  Had he been as insightful

regarding the miracle as he was about the implied"meaning" of a foot

massage, he may have walked away from the business, too.

 

Scott R. Furtwengler

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De Soto, IL 62924

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