Narrative Structures In Pulp Fiction

The plot segmentation of Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film, “Pulp Fiction,” reveals how the pieces in the nonlinear narrative structures are put together. In order for the audience to remind them when these events take place, the movie uses title cards to specify each segments’ main plot. Some of the characters would even reference events that have already occurred, such as when Mia, in the boxing match building, thanks Vincent for the dinner. The movie does not just allow the audience to really pay attention to how the story is being told, but also show how similar each of the main stories’ structures is, despite being in a nonlinear form. For example, all of them feature acts of “heroism” by resolving the issues when caught in very unexpected

or odd situations. Each of them features an object that becomes a cause of how the violent incidents have begun. Each object includes Marcellus Wallace’s briefcase, Vincent Vega’s heroin, and Butch Coolidge’s gold watch, and the main characters of those plots manage to do the right things in the end. In a linear structure, the movie would have ended with Butch leaving with Fabienne, but by doing that would not have seemed like the movie’s true ending that fully encompasses “Pulp Fiction.” Seeing this movie again, the diner scene with Jules is the definite ending after all, since it presents how characters like Jules would have to live with the acts of violence they have caused, despite the acts of “heroism” the characters have achieved in out-of-the-ordinary situations.