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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). Over the span of a few telephone conversations, the story surrounds three adult ...
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. By J. D. Salinger. July 6, 1951. 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 ...
Salinger, J. D. 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 ...
- The New Yorker, July 14, 1951, pages 20-24
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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.
Overall, “Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes” is a complex and thought-provoking story that explores a range of themes and ideas. Through its nuanced portrayal of characters and relationships, the story offers a powerful commentary on the human experience and the challenges we all face in navigating the complexities of love, trust, and self ...
In Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes by J.D. Salinger we have the theme of conflict, honesty, deception, betrayal and paralysis. Taken from his Nine Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader suspects that Salinger is exploring the theme of conflict.
