Question

the people in this story suddenly realise how precious their language is to them. what shows you this? why does this happen?

Answer 1

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the language of community is directly linked to their identity. it is their language that makes them unique.As Mr.hamel has pointed out that one own language is the only key to the prison of enslavement. thus, when people of Alsace and Lorraine become enslaved, they suddenly realised that holding on to their language depicts how free they were . this shows as , the important of one's own language and culture and this happened because other foreign language, German was imposed upon them........
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Answer 2

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: M. Hamel told the students and villagers that henceforth only German would be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. Those who called themselves Frenchmen would neither be able to speak nor write it. He praised French as the most beautiful, the clearest and most logical language in the world. He said that for the enslaved people, their language was the key to their prison. Then the people realised how precious their language was to them. This shows people’s love for their own culture, traditions and country. Pride in one’s language reflects pride in the motherland.