The final chapter opens with Baumer at home, on leave from a slight poisonous gas inhalation. He grasps onto rumors of a ceasefire. He shares that he has lost all hope and joy in the future. He returns to the front without fear, because he has nothing to lose.
The closing chapters tell of Baumer's death. He dies with a peaceful face on a day when the papers report, "All quiet on the western front."
Even the shortness of the final chapter is symbolic. Baumer's life was short. His chance at happiness was even.....
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