The people in this story realize the importance of their language when orders came from government that in two French districts Alsace & Lorraine no one will read or write their mother tongue i.e. French language. Till now they used to take this language lightly and had little interest in it. ThRead more
The people in this story realize the importance of their language when orders came from government that in two French districts Alsace & Lorraine no one will read or write their mother tongue i.e. French language. Till now they used to take this language lightly and had little interest in it. This is because the value of anything is known when it is lost. This is the prime reason that all villagers had come to listen to M Hamel who was teaching last lesson in school.
Franz was an average student and has less interest in studies. Even he was poor in his native language French. He was about to bunk the last lesson of his class because his teacher M Hamel was about to ask questions about participles on that day. When he came to know about orders of Berlin and thisRead more
Franz was an average student and has less interest in studies. Even he was poor in his native language French. He was about to bunk the last lesson of his class because his teacher M Hamel was about to ask questions about participles on that day. When he came to know about orders of Berlin and this is his last lesson of French, his mind changed completely. He got sympathetic towards M Hamel and also for his own language. He felt sad that he had not paid attention till today. Those books which always seemed like enemies to him today seemed like old friends from whom he is going to be separated. He was disappointed like all his countrymen.
The students were quiet that day in school. There was no noise of any kind in entire school. In the back seats of the class, all the villagers were sitting quietly like small children. This Berlin order united every resident of Alsace & Lorraine. Their faces were as if they were paying tribute tRead more
The students were quiet that day in school. There was no noise of any kind in entire school. In the back seats of the class, all the villagers were sitting quietly like small children. This Berlin order united every resident of Alsace & Lorraine. Their faces were as if they were paying tribute to native language and also to M Hamel, a person who served his school and nation for 40 years.
Till now only bad news was coming from this board. An order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The Germans had put up this notice on the bulletin-board. This was the reason for everyone's disappointment that day. For more please visit here: https://www.tRead more
Till now only bad news was coming from this board. An order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The Germans had put up this notice on the bulletin-board. This was the reason for everyone’s disappointment that day.
Franz noticed two things pretty unusual that day. First, there were people standing in front of bulletin board and this was not normal. All bad news was known through this board only. Secondly, it was very peaceful at school that day. There was neither noise of children from the class nor the soundRead more
Franz noticed two things pretty unusual that day. First, there were people standing in front of bulletin board and this was not normal. All bad news was known through this board only. Secondly, it was very peaceful at school that day. There was neither noise of children from the class nor the sound of teacher’s stick.
The people in this story suddenly realize how precious their language is to them. What shows you this? Why does this happen?
The people in this story realize the importance of their language when orders came from government that in two French districts Alsace & Lorraine no one will read or write their mother tongue i.e. French language. Till now they used to take this language lightly and had little interest in it. ThRead more
The people in this story realize the importance of their language when orders came from government that in two French districts Alsace & Lorraine no one will read or write their mother tongue i.e. French language. Till now they used to take this language lightly and had little interest in it. This is because the value of anything is known when it is lost. This is the prime reason that all villagers had come to listen to M Hamel who was teaching last lesson in school.
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How did Franzs feelings about M. Hamel and school change?
Franz was an average student and has less interest in studies. Even he was poor in his native language French. He was about to bunk the last lesson of his class because his teacher M Hamel was about to ask questions about participles on that day. When he came to know about orders of Berlin and thisRead more
Franz was an average student and has less interest in studies. Even he was poor in his native language French. He was about to bunk the last lesson of his class because his teacher M Hamel was about to ask questions about participles on that day. When he came to know about orders of Berlin and this is his last lesson of French, his mind changed completely. He got sympathetic towards M Hamel and also for his own language. He felt sad that he had not paid attention till today. Those books which always seemed like enemies to him today seemed like old friends from whom he is going to be separated. He was disappointed like all his countrymen.
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What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?
The students were quiet that day in school. There was no noise of any kind in entire school. In the back seats of the class, all the villagers were sitting quietly like small children. This Berlin order united every resident of Alsace & Lorraine. Their faces were as if they were paying tribute tRead more
The students were quiet that day in school. There was no noise of any kind in entire school. In the back seats of the class, all the villagers were sitting quietly like small children. This Berlin order united every resident of Alsace & Lorraine. Their faces were as if they were paying tribute to native language and also to M Hamel, a person who served his school and nation for 40 years.
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What had been put up on the bulletin-board?
Till now only bad news was coming from this board. An order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The Germans had put up this notice on the bulletin-board. This was the reason for everyone's disappointment that day. For more please visit here: https://www.tRead more
Till now only bad news was coming from this board. An order had come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The Germans had put up this notice on the bulletin-board. This was the reason for everyone’s disappointment that day.
For more please visit here:
See lesshttps://www.tiwariacademy.com/ncert-solutions/class-12/english/flamingo-chapter-1/
What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?
Franz noticed two things pretty unusual that day. First, there were people standing in front of bulletin board and this was not normal. All bad news was known through this board only. Secondly, it was very peaceful at school that day. There was neither noise of children from the class nor the soundRead more
Franz noticed two things pretty unusual that day. First, there were people standing in front of bulletin board and this was not normal. All bad news was known through this board only. Secondly, it was very peaceful at school that day. There was neither noise of children from the class nor the sound of teacher’s stick.
For more please visit here:
See lesshttps://www.tiwariacademy.com/ncert-solutions/class-12/english/flamingo-chapter-1/