“Chaim Soutine… My little Kalmuck, that's who it is!” Drioli remembers a night thirty years before, when he had come home from his tattoo parlor flush with cash and bearing bottles of wine. The boy (Soutine) had been painting a picture of Drioli's wife, with whom he was infatuated. 2) Soutine lived in discomfort and poverty until his death when he became world renowned for his unique style of painting. In "Skin," Soutine is a friend of Drioli, Drioli was like a mentor to Soutine and constantly referred to him as "boy." Soutine was a man of Jewish heritage and died during World War II. 3) Greed is shown in every character in the story, they all want more money or ... Drioli is willing to part with the only tangible piece of his old life for even a day of ...
