The Last Lesson by Alphonse Daudet - Chapter in a Nutshell

"The Last Lesson", written by Alphonse Daudet narrates about the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 where the Prussian army under Bismark attacked and captured the French districts of Alsace and Lorraine. The new Prussian rulers discontinued the teaching of French in the schools of these two districts and imposed their German language in its place and the French teachers were asked to leave. The last day of one such French teacher, Mr. M.Hamel. He was transferred and could no longer remain in his old school which was his home for decades. Still with utmost devotion and sincerity as ever, he gave last lesson to his students. The story depicts the pathos of the whole on about how people feel in not learning their native language and losing an asset in M.Hamel. One of his student Franz came to the school that day thinking that he would be punished as he hasn't learned his lesson on French participles. But he found Mr. Hamel dressed in his Sunday clothes and all the old people of the village sitting at the back of his class. He later realized that it was due to the order from Berlin which was on the bulletin board. 

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