"Peace in Death"

I drew "Peace in Death" as a cover for my report on "All Quiet on the Western Front." I was supposed to draw a scene from the novel that was meaningful in some way to me or that I found particularly interesting. On page 127 of the novel, in the last paragraph I found my inspiration. I remember that as Paul Baumer was in the trenches on one particularly peaceful day, he looked out of the trench to spy two Brimstone butterflies fluttering about. He watched as they slowly flew down toward the ground and settled on a skull. I felt that, that was such a powerful image and so appropriate for the novel thatI had to illustrate it.