In the course of making his way back to his company Paul gets lost and finds himself in the middle of a bombardment. Paul is forced to crawl into a shell hole and pretend to be dead in order to survive. While in the hole an enemy soldier jumps in to hide but Paul’s first instinct is to stab him. Paul is forced to wait in the shell hole with the body until its dark out and he can make his way back to his company but then he realizes the soldier is still alive. Amazingly, instead of just leaving the soldier their Paul tries to bandage his wound and gives him water. After several hours the soldier dies. Paul begins talking to him and telling him how sorry he was. He then searches the soldier and finds that he has a wife and child. He then writes
