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This 4 page paper focuses on the use of food in the film Pulp Fiction. Several scenes are examined in terms of how food is used. A Marxist interpretation is provided in terms of how food is implemented in the film. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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make the film more realistic. After all, everyone eats and it is a part of life. But meals mean something. Food is in this society something that divides people. After
all, while many people like to dine out, only the very wealthy can afford to do so on a regular basis. Also, the type of restaurant one can afford says
something about an individuals lifestyle. That said, a middle class man can afford a two hundred fifty dollar meal on occasion, thus thrusting him to a lifestyle, albeit brief, similar
to that of people who earn much more money. Food has many class connotations. Craw fish is considered "poor mans lobster" and when Marie Antoinette showed her disdain for
the poor, she allegedly said that if they cannot afford bread "let them eat cake." Food has always been the great divider. Interestingly, in contemporary society, the rich are thin
as they can afford personal chefs and personal trainers while the poor indulge themselves on cheap, often low quality food. The cheap chopped meat has more fat and Burger King
and McDonalds each boast very fattening dollar menus. To diet properly, one has to be able to afford the best of the pick of meat as well as salad ingredients
that can also run up a bill. Food is expensive and can be considered as something that exacerbates the class divide. It does so in the film Pulp Fiction. This
relatively early postmodern hit from Quentin Tarantino is about two hit men played by John Travolta (Vincent) and Samuel L. Jackson (Jules). In this film, there is certainly class conflict,
and the fact that what one generally remembers the diner attests to the importance of food. The fact that the diner is important is central to a Marxist analysis of
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