Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
W i t h the R E W A R D of the watch in his pocket, Butch hits T H E ROAD
BACK, trying to get to his girlfriend. On the way, he literally runs into his S H A D O W ,
Marsellus, ramming him with the car when he sees Marsellus crossing the street.
However, Butch is also injured and dazed when his car collides with another car, a
quick R E V E R S A L . Marsellus, appearing dead to a bystander, comes back to life
( R E S U R R E C T I O N ) and staggers towards Butch with a gun.
Butch wobbles into the "Mason-Dixon Gunshop" and Marsellus follows him
(a C H A S E typical of T H E R O A D BACK). Butch punches Marsellus and is about
to kill him when he's stopped by the gunshop owner, Maynard, who is armed with a
shotgun.
Butch and Marsellus don't realize they've stumbled into an I N M O S T C A V E
more sinister than anything they have encountered, an underworld beneath the
underworld in which they live