Importance of The Gallery Crowd

The crowd in the art gallery represents the audience’s thoughts. While the hotel owner and the gallery owner are having a bidding war in competition for Drioli’s tattoo, members of the nearby crowd occasionally interject with remarks and commentary. These remarks resemble what the reader is likely thinking during the scene. For example, when the gallery owner first offers to buy the tattoo, a crowd member asks how it is possible to remove the tattoo. This is a question that the reader would likely have.