Who did M. Hamel blame when Franz was unable to answer a question on French participles?
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M. Hamel blamed Franz, Franz's parents, and himself for his inability to answer the question on participles. Immensely pained that the privilege to learn his mother tongue is being deprived from him, M. Hamel said that he wishes everyone did not postpone their studies for the next day. In fact, he also said that the adults were not eager to send their children to school as they could extra money by working out in the fields or the mills. He regrets ever sending his students to do petty errands for his convenience such as watering his garden thus making them miss their lessons.
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This question is from the chapter, ‘The Last Lesson’, by Alphonse Daudet. M. Hamel was teaching his last lesson yo his fellow Frenchmen after the defeat of the French in the Franco Prussian War in 1871. His country had lost districts of Alsace and Lorraine to the Prussians. As a result German had to be taught in the schools now.
M. Hamel and the villagers were exceedingly regretful for having neglected the learning of the French language. M. Hamel blamed the inhabitants of Alsace and Lorraine for their lackadaisical attitude to learning French. He even blamed himself for not teaching the French language seriously, as he gave holidays to his students when he wanted to enjoy leisure activities such as fishing and gardening.