Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
T h e y sit in God's chair, dealing out the punishment of death for Vincent, who of
fends against the moral code of the movie, and rewarding Jules and Butch with life
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for making the right choices in the scheme of the film. In this the filmmakers, despite
the appearance of unconventionally, are quite conventional, following a moral code
as strict as that in a John Ford or Alfred Hitchcock movie.
T h e most interesting case is that of Vincent, who faces ordeals in two com
pletely different arenas, with different results. In the arena of love and loyalty, on his
date with M i a , he behaves with chivalry and courage, like a knight of old, and for
this he is rewarded by brief survival. But in the arena of respect for Higher Powers
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