Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?

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The text focuses on Paul Berlin’s mental struggle to conquer his fear in Vietnam. To quell his fear, he thinks about home, his childhood, and his father. Flashbacks reveal the details of Billy Boy’s death and recalling these events, Paul Berlin cracks. (McDougal Littell The Language of Literature, 2002)

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