In "Where Have you Gone, Charming Billy?what is the most likely reason O'Brien uses repetition in the story? He is trying not to forget his experiences in the Vietnam War. He wants the reader to remember the main character's name.
He only repeats the most important words and phrases in the story he wants to make sure the reader can remember them later.
He wants to emphasize the automaticity and repetitive training that soldiers resort to in times of stress .

Which of the following sentences support your answer to question 1?
Songs , another trick to stop from thinking : Where have you gone , Billy Boy , Billy Boy , Oh , where have you gone , charming Billy ?"

Private First Class Paul Berlin walked carefully ."
They were quiet awhile . And the night was quiet , no crickets or birds , and it was hard to imagine it was truly a war ."
The idea of it made Private First Class Paul Berlin smile . He couldn't help it."

in a place once known as north america, now known as panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve districts. every year because this very rich city, known as the capitol, is so rich and likes to think they control all the districts - which they do - there is something known as the hunger games! this is where two children, one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of twelve to eighteen, have to leave their families and compete in the hunger games, a live event that is aired on tv's all over panem. when katniss everdeen, aged sixteen from district 12, has to volunteer to take the place of her twelve-year-old sister prim after prim's name is called forth to become the 23rd member to compete in the 74th hunger games, she promises to prim that she will win! katniss doesn't believe she's coming out alive - but she's not going down without a fight.

because district 12 is so poor, katniss has been close to death many times from starvation but she's made it through it. but this is a different kind of close to death; this katniss doesn't know if she can survive.

she doesn't want to hurt, or kill anyone but when it comes down to it katniss' instinct is to survive. but when she starts to have confusing feelings about the boy from her district who is also her fellow contender, things get worse, and then she teams up with the girl from district 11 and only one person can survive. but who will it be? will her feelings get the better of her? will she let someone else win so they don't have to die? if katniss is going to win she's going to have to be brutal. she's going to have to kill!

i think they are preparing for the battle of gaul. : )

i hope this you! : )

there is no short story here so that i can answer the question.

the positive connotations of the words "pretty," "quiet," and "silence" give the excerpt a tone of nervousness. i think its this