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KBL ACADEMY OF ENGLISH RAILWAY ROAD SHAKARGARH

The Last Lesson (Satire on imperialism/colonialism, Importance of language, Language and culture, Language as National pride, Franz as a representative of common French, Carelessness of the society, Importance of time Last Lesson is about national pride and regret of the French over their loss of two states. This is also a criticism on imperialism of Germany. I wonder if they are going to compel them to sing in German too! The loss of language is great disaster for any society. First person narration is used to show the regret of a school boy who represents the whole nation. Every character realizes his mistake and regrets his inaction and irresponsibility. Franz, Hamel and the villagers have gathered to remorse their inability to keep freedom and own language. Language is not mere a source of communication. It is the reflection of culture, tradition, customs, social identity, cultural inheritance and national pride. Everyone is responsible for the demise in the society. The parents neglected their childs education. The children wasted their time in useless activities. The teachers taught carelessly. The high ups never visited the school and neglected the foundation of a great society. The French language is a romance language. It had been the sweetest and strongest language in the history. The Last Lesson (Character of Hamel, Which type of teacher, can he be idealized teacher, A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops: Henry Adams Hamel was an experienced teacher and central character of the story. He was very strict teacher and punished his students. He kept a ruler under his arm. He was a traditional school teacher. He always maintained decorum and discipline in the class. He believed in the use of force. The villagers respected him for his forty year service. He regretted his flaws in his last lesson and speech. He was a good orator. He used language effectively to realize his audience. He invoked patriotism and love for French language among his students and villagers. He reproached himself for his carelessness. He used to send his students to water his garden. He gave holiday to the students when he wanted to have trout fishing. He cant be a good teacher because he was careless about the future of his nation. He ignored his duties and set his students to do personal work. He didnt realize that a teacher is very important. If a building falls due to ignorance of an engineer, it is a material loss. If a person dies due to ignorance of a doctor, it is a great loss. But if a nation spoils due to a teacher, it is a disaster.

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