Question

What does the lst lesson symbolize?

Answer 1

Answer:

The story 'The Last Lesson' highlights the human tendency that there is plenty of time to do things; hence, man keeps postponing the lessons of life, oblivious to the fact that life is subject to change. ... The last French lesson taught by M. Hamel symbolizes the loss of language and the loss of freedom for France.

Explanation:

Themes which are prevalent in "The Last Lesson" by Alphonse Daudet are love for own's mother tongue, freedom of language and patriotism. The Prussians denied the freedom to the people Lorraine and Alsace to learn their own language. The colonizers take way the right of the people.