1. “Charming Billy”
Setting - ?? Name place & environment
Irony – We might expect a soldier to die of a bullet wound or land mines in a war; however, in “CB” the soldier Billy dies how???

2. “Charming Billy”
Mood – (Your reaction to story.)
Intense, fear, ????? Examples!
Characters –
Paul – scared, homesick, examples……..

3. Characters –
Billy Boy –
Soldier that takes Billy Boy under his wing – concern, caring, ???
Paul’s dad – concerned, worried, ???

4. Simile-
Pg. 63 One by one, like sheep in a dream, they passed through a hedgegrow,…./ Explain:
Pg.66 Wading through the paddy, his boots made sleepy, sloshing sounds like a lullaby… / The men moved quietly through

5. The water/grass so they would not alert the enemy just like a lullaby is to quiet babies, not alert them.
Pg. 66 Paul was on his hands and knees, crawling like an insect. / ???
Pg. 66 …brain flopping like wet cement in a mixer. / He is not…?

6. Pg. 67 Stretching ahead of him like dark beads on an invisible chain, a string of shadowed soldiers…. / Explain!
Pg. 67 He felt quite separate from them, as is trailing behind like the caboose on a night train. / ????Explain!

7. Conflict- External
Paul He is young & naïve vs. terror of war
Soldiers vs. ???
Soldiers vs. moon

8. Conflict-Internal
Paul Torn between making parents proud vs. fighting the fear of war (shows weakness)
Paul Torn between the reaction of Billy’s death & by laughing

9. Pun – Irony
Pg. 70 Paul informs reader that when he gets home he will tell dad a funny war story.