A second bomb explodes, but this time with deadly results. Katczinsky has been fatally injured.
Later, Paul is shown in the trenches with a rifle as his only companion while he watches other soldier's drinking water and getting ready. Paul notices through his shot hole, a butterfly near a can a beautiful picture on a field of death. Against all reason, he attempts to touch the delicate peas of life and when he is unable to do this from a safe position behind the sandbags bordering the trench, he leans over the top and gets a bullet shot in to his head.
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