Describe m Hamel with reference to his confession
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.M. Hamel was a teacher at a school in a village in the French districts of Alsace and Lorraine. He used to teach the French language. He had been teaching his mother tongue for the last forty years. He loved his profession from the core of his heart and had a deep sense of respect for the mother tongue. He had always been very particular and strict in imparting the knowledge of the language to his pupils. The news, that French would no more be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine and that this was going to be his last lesson, completely shattered a calm and composed man like M. Hamel. He tried his level best to remain calm and composed but broke down at the end. He felt tormented at the fact that people had become indifferent to learning French and appealed to them to keep their language alive.
Hamel was a patriot in the real sense. He regarded the mother tongue to be a means of holding one’s identity and self-respect. He blamed not only the parents and children but himself also for neglecting French.
His concern and love for his country are evident when, at the end of his last lesson, he writes on the blackboard ‘Viva La France!’ in bold letters.