The Last Lesson
Answer in a paragraph
2) Give an account of the last day of M.Hamel in school.
It was the last day for M. Hamel in school because order had
come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine and
the new master would come the following day. M. Hamel was gazing at everything
in the little classroom and in the garden that includes the walnut trees and
the hopvine. It was the last class after forty years of fruitful service. He was
very patient and did not scold Franz for coming late and not answering the
question instead Hamel blamed himself and parents of Franz. He taught lessons
on grammar and history. The
French language was the most beautiful, the clearest and the most
logical language in the world. M. Hamel said that we must guard our language
because when people were enslaved, as long as they held fast to their language
it is as if they had the key to their prison. When the church-clock struck
twelve, M. Hamel bid farewell to the class. He could not speak as he felt
choking due to anguish. He wrote “Vive La France!” on the blackboard and
dismissed the class with a gesture using his hand.
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