Where Have You Gone Charming Billy? By Tim O’Brien Characters: Private First Class Paul Berlin, Billy Boy Setting: Vietnam, 1960’s Plot: a young soldier has to face his fears the first night he is in the field in the Vietnam War Theme: Half the battle in war is overcoming your fear Genre: Historical fiction Point of view: 3rd person limited narrator

BILLY BOY (Traditional)   Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been, Charming Billy? I have been to seek a wife, she's the joy of my whole life But she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother Where does she live, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where does she live, Charming Billy? She lives on the hill, forty miles from the mill Did she take your hat, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Did she take your hat, Charming Billy? Yes, she took my hat and she threw it at the cat Did she bid you to come in, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Did she bid you to come in, Charming Billy? Yes, she asked me to come in, she’s got a dimple in her chin Did she make for you a stew Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Did she make for you a stew, Charming Billy? Yes, she set for me a stew, and it tasted like a shoe

10th Grade English Where Have You Gone Charming Billy? Lesson: Introduce with powerpoint 1. discuss what they already know 2. go over the song and talk about what they think it is about and then after the story if it seems ironic or why they chose the title the author did for this story. 3. listen to the story; stop periodically to check for comprehension (be sure to write down the time for where you stop if class ends) 4. Read the poem on page 629 and compare it to the story. Are there any similarities? A common theme? 5. p. 632 – do a quick check to see if they remember with primary and secondary sources are. Listen to the three stories. Stop and discuss as needed. Assignment: The students will use the four sources in the book to answer the following question, using the correct format. (restate the question, three complete separate details with an example each, a good conclusion.) Skip lines, be detailed. Who is the greatest victim of the Vietnam War or suffers the most because of the events that occur?

Paragraph Assignment: Use the four sources in the book to answer the following question in a well written paragraph with a topic sentence, 3 examples and a concluding sentence. Who is the greatest victim of the Vietnam War or suffers the most because of the events that occur? Soldiers – away from home, killing others, guilt, conscience, treated poorly when they return home, injured or killed, no purpose to the war, gone for long periods of time, psychological problems, just doing their jobs Poor - no money for programs because of war, attention and focus on others not the US, the ones that go to war because they have no money and aren’t in college Blacks - no money for programs because of war, attention and focus on others not the US, the ones that go to war because they have no money and aren’t in college, just got the Civil Rights movement working and loses momentum Families – missing relatives, deaths, don’t get information, gone for long periods of time, don’t see children, relationships suffer, breakups, the draft forcing people to go or desert to Canada/Mexico Government – takes a lot of money, trying to do what is right – fight communism, can’t take care of its own, more taxes, not supported, protests against them, decisions not liked Economy – rationing, can’t get all the things you want or limited, higher taxes, unstable, protests, higher costs of products Vietnamese – country invaded, destroyed, people killed – not just soldiers, land mines, asked for US help, fighting against own people