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Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes. " Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes " is a short story by J.D. Salinger, initially published in the July 14, 1951 issue of The New Yorker, and later within the larger collection of Salinger's short works, Nine Stories (April, 1953).
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes’ is a short story by J. D. Salinger, first published in 1951. The story details a phone conversation between two men, Arthur and Lee, following a party. Arthur is worried that his wife is having an affair and Lee attempts to calm down….
Pretty Mouth and Green my Eyes (English) When the phone rang, the gray-haired man asked the girl, with quite some little deference, if she would rather for any reason he didn't answer it. The girl heard him as if from a distance, and turned her face toward him, one eye--on the side of the light--closed tight, her open eye very, however ...
- The New Yorker, July 14, 1951, pages 20-24
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The New Yorker, July 14, 1951 P. 20. Lee and a girl are in his apartment together. The phone rings and he reaches across her to answer it. It is Arthur, worried about his wife, Joanie, who...
Linda boquita y verdes mis ojos. (“Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes”) Nine Stories (1953) Cuando sonó el teléfono el hombre de pelo entrecano le preguntó a la chica, con cierta deferencia, si por alguna razón prefería que no atendiera.
Nine Stories Summary and Analysis of "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" The phone rings. A “gray-haired man” asks the girl he is with if she’d rather he not answer it. She is unsure, and asks him what he thinks. Resolving that it won’t make too much difference, the man picks up. His name is Lee. “Lee?” comes the voice on the other end. “I wake you?”
The phrase “pretty mouth” suggests a focus on physical appearance and superficiality, while “green my eyes” could be interpreted as envy or jealousy. These themes are prevalent throughout the story, as the main character struggles with his wife’s infidelity and his own feelings of inadequacy.
