Pretty Mouth and Green...

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I just had a discussion of this story in an AOL chat last night, and it
was interesting.  There were a few people present, but really only three
talking about the story.  Myself, a 26ish year old woman from Atlanta
(who I think is fairly innocent), and a not so innocent 16 year old girl
from New York (who spent half the chat complaining about the movie
Titanic :) ).  

I had a problem with the story--I assumed, all the way through, that the
girl in bed with the older gentleman (Lee) was Joanie--the wife of the
man calling  Lee.  But then I got to the end, and the man on the phone
calls back saying "Joanie just walked in."  Doesn't make sense.  Lee's
and the girl's reactions only make sense if the girl is Joanie.  So I'm
left muddling around trying to figure out what's going on.

And the 16 year old girl says, The man called Lee back to save face, and
was lying about Joanie coming home.  Of course.  I KNOW that's what it
is.  But I still have a hard time accepting it--on an emotional level. 
Why?  

Well, that'd make the man calling terribly pathetic, and the two
characters in bed pretty, eh, evil looking.  Very painful situation.  

Now, that's the Point of the story, I think.  But this is an instance of
personal biases influencing my reading of the story, don't you think? :)

Jim 

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