Analysis of a scene from 'Pulp Fiction'

This is an analysis of 'Pulp Fiction'. In this scene, Vincent Vega accidentally shoots Marvin in the face.

After the previous scene where Vincent and Jules got shot at point blank range without getting hit by a single bullet, Vincent and Jules are in the car returning the briefcase to Marcellus and Vincent is trying to explain away the miracle they just experienced. Jules is convinced that he’s out of the business for good once they return the briefcase. Marvin, one of the kids from the last scene, is in the backseat listening to them. Vincent turns and points the gun, not consciously, but carelessly, at Marvin to ask for his 2 cents and the gun goes off by itself, blowing Marvin’s face apart and covering the hitmen with blood. Now, they have to make a detour to Jimmy’s to clean the blood out of the car before they can drop the briefcase off to Marcellus.

This scene represents the blood sacrifice of an innocent, in this case, Marvin, for all of Jules' and Vincents’ past crimes. John 1:29: “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” The blood in the scene symbolizes the blood of atonement, which will be washed away when they are “baptized” and forgiven and given new lives by the Wolf, played by Harvey Keitel.