justify the title of the story the last lesson.
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The story 'The Last Lesson' highlights the human tendency that there is plenty of time to do things; hence, the man keeps postponing the lessons of life, oblivious to the fact that life is subject to change.
Alphonse Daudet has given a very suitable, balanced and the most appropriate title to this story. There are two main themes in the story – the first is a hurtful as well as tearful departure of M. Hamel from the school. The second theme highlights man’s nature of postponing the lessons of life, quite forgetful to the fact that at any point of time circumstances may change and he may never be able to learn the very lesson he had been postponing to learn. Life may cut short his learning and it may unexpectedly prove to be his last lesson which happened with Franz.The people of Alsace always felt that there was plenty of time to learn their lessons. So they did not give due importance to school. They preferred having their children work on farms and mills instead of having them learn their lessons. Even Franz always looked for opportunity to escape from school and was never serious about learning his lessons. Quite unexpectedly they receive orders from Berlin after defeat in the war that French will no longer be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. Then they awaken to the course of safeguarding their language
and attend the last lesson taught by M. Hamel, the French teacher. This story is aptly entitled as it evokes a consciousness in the reader that he must learn his lessons in time.