<P> The story's main character is Private First Class Paul Berlin . The story takes place during the Vietnam War . It is Paul's first day and he is having an extremely hard time fighting anxiety and fear . One soldier in his platoon has already died from a heart attack . He was literally scared to death . Other soldiers tell Paul that they will just get used to living in the fearful jungle . Private First Class Paul Berlin is not sure if he will ever get used to the anxiety of war . "They would have their rear guarded by three thousand miles of ocean, and they would swim and dive in to the breakers and hunt crayfish and smell salt, and they would be safe...But even when he smelled salt and heard the sea, he could not stop being afraid ." </P> <P> The conflicts in the story include person vs. self and person vs. society . These are shown by Paul trying to overcome his fears in the war, and by the fact that he went to war because he was drafted by the military . </P> <Ul> <Li> Paul Berlin </Li> <Li> Paul's father </Li> <Li> Paul's mother </Li> <Li> Toby (Buffalo / Buff) </Li> <Li> "Billy Boy" Watkins </Li> </Ul> <Li> Paul's father </Li>

Where have you gone charming billy by tim o'brien