Make sure you’ve read the second part of "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?" before answering
these questions.
1. Choose an important passage from the second part of Tim O'Brien's short story. Copy and paste it
below.
2. Paraphrase the literal meaning of the passage.
3. In this passage, what does the author want you to understand, think, or feel about the characters
and/or the events in the story?
Close Reading Practice
4. Describe how the author gets this message across or makes the impact he wants to make on readers
in this passage.
5. Cite textual evidence (words, phrases, or sentence) that support your claims about this section of
the story.