Bell’s article talks about a variation of the meaning attribute to tattoos. Bell explores this variation through a discussion of the subculture of tattooed people and the relationship of tattoos to identity. This article starts by offering some contextual background about tattooing. Then the article goes on to give the comparison between tattooing in Japanese society and that of the American people. Then the article says that for the most part, American tattooed people will have a variety of images (or a single image) that stand alone against the skin, unlike the Japanese body suit that is all-encompassing and of a single theme. Next, the article points out the reasons for peoples to have tattoos: decoration, herd instinct, narcissism, exhibitionism,