The Last Lesson by Alphonse Daudet SUMMARY The Last Lesson is a story set in Alsace‚ a territory that was disputed over by France and Germany. At the time of the story France was defeated by Prussia led by Bismarck. The French districts of Alsace and Lorraine had passed into Prussian hands. An order had come from Berlin that only German was to be taught in the schools of these districts. the author‚ Alphonse Daudet‚ brings out the effect of this order on the people of Alsace through this story
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VALUE BASED QUESTIONS 5 Marks 100 Words The Last Lesson Q. Franz’s feelings about M. Hamel and school changed gradually by the end of the text‚ though he had a great disliking for both the beginning of the story. It is said that first impression is the last impression. Is it true in context of “The Last Lesson”? Definitely not. Write a small paragraph of about 100 words penning down your views on‚ ‘A person can be best judged in his first appearance only’. Ans: A well-known dictum states
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Common Proficiency Course (CPC) / Common Proficiency Test (CPT) About the Course CPT is an entry level test for Chartered Accountancy Course. Student after passing class 10th examination conducted by an examining body constituted by law in India or an examination recognized by the Central Government as equivalent thereto. Students can appear in the CPT after appearing in the senior secondary (10+2) examination conducted by an examining body constituted by law in India or an examination recognised
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Interpretation. «The last lesson» I would like to start my interpretation with a few words about the author. Alphonse Daudet (13 May 1840 – 16 December 1897) french short-story writer and novelist. Daudet wrote his first novel at age 14. Unable to finish his schooling after his parents lost all their money‚ he took a position in a duke’s household. He later joined the army but fled the terrors of the Paris Commune of 1871. His many works include the story collection Monday Tales (1873)‚ the play L’Arlsienne (1872)
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The Last Lesson Summary Franz didn’t want to go to school that day as his French teacher Mr. Hamel had announced that he would take a test on French Participles and Franz unprepared for it. Franz was afraid of M Hamel’s ruler and being scolded. Although Franz was more interested in spending day out of school‚ he eventually decided to go to school. On the way he passed through the Town Hall where a huge crowd had gathered around the notice board. Franz didn’t stop there as he was well aware that
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or disappointment 1 . What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day? That day‚ Franz was expected to be prepared with the lesson on participles. 2 . What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day? That day‚ Franz noticed the absence of the routine commotion caused by the opening and closing of desks‚ repeating of lessons in unison and rapping of the teacher’s ruler on the table. The usual hustle-bustle was replaced by a strange stillness that was the characteristic
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The text I’m going to analyse entitled "The last lesson" written by Alphose Daudet . The plot of the story is concerned with a french boy Franz living in France who arrives to school but finds out that it’s the last lesson of his native language. The story presents a 1st person narration: the narrator is a little boy Franz who is main character of the texte The story is written in the form of narration (i started for school very late that morning) blended with description (our teacher had on
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The Lesson In “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara‚ the author writes about Sylvia’s childhood experience as a student. She is a young-immature‚ uneducated‚ and naive kid who doesn’t know much about life‚ but her teacher tries to help her by giving her a lesson of reality as well to the rest of her students. She describes her teacher as a lady‚ Miss Moore‚ with “nappy hair‚” “proper speech‚” and “no makeup.” Sylvia explains how she feels when she goes to toy store in Fifth Avenue. For example‚
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Bambara’s‚ “The Lesson”‚ illustrates the story of children growing up in poverty and how one person can make a huge difference in their lives. How one person creates an environment to help children not only discover‚ but succeed in learning some very important issues about the world around them. Education for children in poverty stricken neighborhoods‚ such as the main character‚ Sylvia’s‚ proves itself difficult to acquire‚ however is essentially the best way to move beyond poverty; shown by the
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“The Lesson” Edward Lucie-Smith About the Poet Edward Lucie-Smith‚ a British poet and art critic‚ was born in Jamaica in 1933 and graduated from Oxford University in 1954. He has lived in London since 1951‚ where he worked as an advertising copywriter (1956-66) and as an editor of books on art. Among his works of poetry are A Tropical Childhood (1961) and Confessions and Histories (1964). His important criticism includes Art in Britain 1969-1970 (1970)‚ Symbolist Art (1973)‚ American Art Now (1985)
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