give the character sketch of M.Hamel in the storyThe Last Lesson
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- Dedicated has given 40 years of meritorious service to his school
- Completely identifies with his students and school & town.
- Strict disciplinarian & hard task master.
- Students scared of him if late/unprepared.
- Has a sense of integrity and honesty doesn't blame students entirely for neglect of language
- Confesses that he has been wrong in sending children to water his flowers and giving them off
- Accepts his mistakes - Rare quality
- Is emotional, sensitive-deeply pained at the thought of leaving France and not being able to teach any more.
- The writer gives a sensitive description of Hamel's efforts to absorb his surroundings to etch them in his memory.
- Out of his pain grows a true mentor & ideal teacher who dose't restrict himself to teaching his subject but acts true to his profession by giving a last lesson to his students.That of holding fast to their language
- Their identity which will be their passport to freedom.
- Instills a sense of patriotism in his students by writing Vive Le France on the board.
- Is proud of his language-calls it the most beautiful, logical & clearest language in the world.
- The last lesson by Hamel unites the people of Alsace in their battle against Linguistic Chauvinism.They listen to him with concentration & there is hope that they would become free of foreign rule.
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Explanation:. Hamel had been a devoted French teacher for 40 years. He was a strict disciplinarian and his students were terrified of him and his ‘great ruler’. However, he was a respectable man. On the last day of school, many villagers, who had been taught by him at some point of time, had come to attend his lecture and pay homage to him. He gave great importance to learning French and considered it to be the most beautiful language of the world. However, he was melancholy and depressed that French had been banned from being taught, after France was overtaken by Prussia. His sorrow was evident in the gloomy way he sat in the class while his students were completing their writing assignment. He became nostalgic looking at the classroom and the adjoining garden. Before leaving the class, he broke down and so, could not speak any parting words.