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NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English<\/a><\/p>\n

The Last Lesson NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 1<\/h2>\n

The Last Lesson NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers<\/h3>\n

The Last Lesson Think as you read<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nWhat was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
\nAnswer:
\nFranz was expected to be prepared with participles. Mr Hamel had told the class that he would be taking a test on the topic that day.<\/p>\n

Question 2.
\nWhat did Franz notice that was usual about the school that day?
\nAnswer:
\nUsually when the school begins, there would be a lot of commotions. But that day, everything was quiet and it appeared to be like a Sunday, but the students were at their places and Mr Hamel was walking up and down with his terrible iron ruler under his arm.<\/p>\n

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Question 3.
\nWhat had been put up on the bulletin board?
\nAnswer:
\nThe bulletin-board notified the general public about an order from Berlin. It stated that only German will be taught to the students in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.<\/p>\n

Question 4.
\nWhat changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?
\nAnswer:
\nThe order from Berlin brought all the routine hustle-bustle of the school life to a stand\u00acstill. The teacher, M. Hamel became more sympathetic to his students and taught his lessons with more patience. The students became more attentive in their classes. The villagers were sitting at the usually empty back benches and had come to show their respect and gratitude to M. Hamel.<\/p>\n

They regretted not going to school. The order also brought about a great change in people\u2019s feelings towards their country and their native language. There was a general sadness about not being able to utilise the opportunities of learning French when it was possible to do so.<\/p>\n

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Question 5.
\nHow did Franz\u2019s feelings about M. Hamel and the school change?
\nAnswer:
\nFranz was shocked when M. Hamel told the students about the order from Berlin and that it was their last French lesson. He forgot about his teacher\u2019s ruler and crankiness. He developed a sudden fondness for M. Hamel, and was disturbed by the idea of being separated from him forever. He understood the pain and agony his teacher was undergoing. And he became more sympathetic towards his teacher.<\/p>\n

His school, too, now carried a different meaning. His books and lessons seemed old friends, whom he couldn\u2019t give up. He realised with pain that how much French meant to him and regretted not being attentive in his classes earlier. Suddenly, he felt that the \u2018difficult concepts\u2019 had never actually been difficult.<\/p>\n

The Last Lesson Understanding the Text<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nThe people in this story suddenly realise how precious their language is to them. What shows you this? Why does this happen?
\nAnswer:
\nM. Hamel told the students and the villagers that henceforth only German would be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. Those who called themselves Frenchmen would neither be able to speak nor write it. He praised French as the most beautiful, the clearest and the most logical language in the world. He said that for the enslaved people that their language was the key out of prison. Only then the people realised the importance of their language. This shows people\u2019s love for their own culture, traditions and country. Pride in one\u2019s language reflects pride in the motherland.<\/p>\n

Question 2.
\nFranz thinks, \u201cWill they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?\u201d What could this mean?
\nAnswer:
\nAlphonse Daudet\u2019s \u2018The Last Lesson\u2019 very prominently raises the question of linguistic and cultural hegemony of the colonial and imperial powers and their lust for controlling the world and influencing their cultures and identities. Enforcement of German on the defeated nation was a way of realising this. The order to teach German rather than . French in schools was released.<\/p>\n

Franz is flabbergasted on hearing this and understands that this order would deprive him of learning his mother tongue. He also wondered if the pigeons would have to coo in German. By compelling them to use a foreign language was like snatching away their language from them, which he felt would be unfair and unkind.<\/p>\n

The language was as natural to them as cooing is to the pigeon. So compulsion to speak another language is like dominating the force of nature and enslaving it. As it is next to impossible to alter the way pigeons sing, the same way, it is difficult for people to accept a language which is forcibly imposed on them. Adopting a new language causes pain and discomfort.
\nOr
\nThis sentence could possibly mean that however hard the authorities try to embed German language in the culture of Alsace and Lorraine, the natural status of French for them, will remain unchanged. French flows in the air and the entire place is full of its effect. Even though they train students in German, the basic mode of communication would remain unchanged like the cooing of the pigeons.<\/p>\n

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The Last Lesson Talking about the Text<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\n\u201cWhen people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.\u201d Can you think of examples in history where a conquered people had their language taken away from them or had a language imposed on them?
\nAnswer:
\nSome examples of the native language taken away from its people and\/or imposition of the language of the conqueror are:<\/p>\n