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Culture Expressed Through Voice By Grishka

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Culture Expressed Through Voice Ah, the Jester, he maintains a menacing grin as he plays his deceitful games. In the spotlight of grand Russian theater, he becomes one with his master—the puppet master. Grishka, raised in Moscow’s timeless theater, is mesmerized by the Jester, for he sees the puppet and him as one. Though, he faces tribulations with the outside world and within himself, but masks the pain and emotion by speaking through the hand of the Jester. Daria Wilke creates Playing a Part, where the main character Grishka establishes his voice throughout the story from sensitive and compliant to strong and daring, though his narrative voice tells the story with flowery language and creative imagery; which provides an understanding of the harshly judgmental yet majestically theatrical ways of his Russian culture. …show more content…

Thoughts of Sam leaving to Holland arises and his eyes blur. Grishka tells him quietly, “Just a sec, Sam . . .” (Wilke 2), and runs away to hide the tears. Grishka’s sorrowful emotion is sparked by the way he feels about Sam. He cares about him deeply, in which causes him to get so emotional that he can no longer speak. This affects the way Grishka told Sam he had to go, as he used a short sentence and drifted off with the ellipse, exemplifying his tone. He stifles the tears, because in his culture a man who cries is seen as in-masculine. Therefore, if Grishka had not cut the conversation short, he would have been looked at shamefully. Grishka’s style is also reflected when he uses the slang expression “Just a sec” (Wilke

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