"The Last Lesson" Summary

Last Lesson Chapter Summary

• Franz, a French boy, dislikes studying French and M. Hamel is his French teacher, whom he dislikes.
• Franz is afraid to go to school one morning because he hasn't learned the rules of participles.
• The school is unusually silent upon Franz's arrival.
• The French language is to be banned and replaced by German in schools of Alsace and Lorraine.
• M. Hamel attributes the neglect of French education to parents and students.
• M. Hamel stresses the importance of cherishing one's mother tongue.
• Franz is afraid that he will be scolded because he has not learned the lesson on participles.
• There is an unusual silence when Franz arrives at school.
• Students are quietly sitting at their desks.
• M. Hamel does not scold Franz for being late.
• M. Hamel is wearing his special dress, usually worn for inspections and prize days.
• Villagers are present in the class, which indicates the importance of the day.
• News arrives that an order from Berlin dictates German will be taught instead of French in Alsace and Lorraine.
• Franz is shocked and regrets not learning his lessons.
• Franz starts to like learning French and develops a liking for M. Hamel.
• M. Hamel blames everyone, including himself for neglecting the French language.
• He calls French the most logical and beautiful language.
• M. Hamel urges his people to protect their language, as it is key to their freedom.
• Preserving one's mother tongue is essential.

Lost Spring: Story of Sahebe-Alam

• Sahebe-Alam is a ragpicker from Seemapuri, Delhi.
• Sahebe-Alam and his family struggle to find food.
• Garbage is their livelihood, so they view it as gold.
• Sahebe-Alam is barefoot, and Seemapuri lacks drainage and cleanliness.
• Sahebe-Alam gets a job at a tea stall for 800 per month plus meals.
• Sahebe-Alam migrated from Bangladesh and lives in Seemapuri.
• The lack of money isn't the reason he is barefoot, it is due to tradition.
• He is seen holding a steel canister on the way to a milk booth one day.
• He says he is getting 800 and all meals from a job at the tea stall.
• Sahebe-Alam is no longer his own master.

Lost Spring: Story of Mukesh

• Mukesh works at a bangle factory in Firozabad.
• Bangle making is a dangerous profession that harms workers' eyes.
• Mukesh wants to become a car mechanic.
• Bangle makers have a miserable life.
• Mukesh lives Firozabad, which is known for bangle making.
• Workers work in very hot furnaces and poorly-lit cells with bad air quality.
• Polishing glass bangles produces dust that causes blindness.
• Mukesh is different from his family and wants to be a car mechanic.
• Mukesh wishes to learn car repair at a garage.
• Bangle makers cannot organize because they fear harassment and beatings from the police.
• They are forced to live miserably due to sahukars, middle men, policemen, bureaucrats, and politicians.

Deep Water: Story of Overcoming Fear

• This story shows the writer overcoming his fear of water.
• When he was three or four, waves knocked him down at a California beach, which caused a fear of water.
• Years later, another boy threw him into the YMCA pool.
• He struggled to resurface and almost drowned, having a close brush with death.
• He developed a phobia of water.
• Water prevents him from enjoying activities like canoeing, boating, and swimming.
• He decided to face his fear and hired an instructor to learn swimming.
• The instructor used a belt and rope system.
• He was taught to put his face underwater and breathe.
• The author practiced this hundreds of times.
• He practiced five days a week, for one hour each day.
• Eventually, William learned how to swim.
• He tested his swimming at different lakes and islands.
• He did Dog Capron's feat by diving into warm lakes and swimming across them.
• He overcame his fear of water.
• He realized that death is peaceful, but the fear of death is a terror.

The Rat Trap: Story of a Thief's Redemption

• Gandhi met Rajkumar Shukla at the INC convention in Champaran, Bihar in 1916.
• The story centers on a poor, sad, and lonely rat trap seller.
• The rat trap seller thinks the world is a large rat trap.
• Rajkumar Shukla sought to show Gandhi the conditions of sharecroppers.
• Having been persistent, Rajkumar takes Gandhi to view the plight of sharecroppers.
• The seller is given food and shelter by a crofter.
• He steals the crofter's money and flees through the forest where he becomes trapped and anticipates death.
• He goes into an iron workshop and meets the Iron Master.
• The iron master thinks he is an old friend and invites him.
• Edla, the Iron Master's friend also invites him.
• Edla shows him compassion, love, and sympathy.
• The Iron master finds out that he is a thief.
• Edla intervenes and saves him.
• The thief leaves the next day.
• He gives the poor woman a rat trap and 30 Kronor.
• Edla's kindness transforms him and stops him from stealing again.
• A peddler who tried to protect himself got lost in the dense forest.
• He waited alone for death until hearing thumping and finding a furnace.
• The Iron Master mistook him for an old friend and he asked for shelter.
• The peddler declined the Irion Master's offer to his home, because he was afraid he would get caught.
• The Iron Master sent his daughter, who offered him a Fer Coat.
• The Peddler accepted the offer at first, but declined it again when he reached the home.
• The Iron Master becomes angry at the peddler.
• Edla shows him compassion, and celebrates Christmas with him.
• After Christmas, they discover the peddler is actually a thief.
• He is gifted a small Red trap.
• The kindness of the owner changed by the theft.

Indigo: Story of Gandhi's Activism

• Gandhi met Shukla, a Champaran sharecropper in 1916.
• Shukla wanted Gandhi to help the exploited sharecroppers.
• Shukla impressed Gandhi through his persistence.
• Gandhi met Shukla in Kolkata and went to Bihar.
• They visited Dr. Rajendra Prasad, a lawyer, but did not meet; the servants did not treat him well.
• Later, they went to Muzzafarpur to learn more about the situation and met JB Kripalini.
• Gandhi understands the problem, grow 15% Indigo and Pay Rand.
• Gandhi met the British association but was declined.
• Civil Disobedience was successful, as he was released from Prison and not given the chance to file for Bails.
• Then, at his request, Sir Edward set up a commission to refund 25% rent for farmers.
• Gandhi and his wife assist the poor, teaching a lesson about of being, reliant to the society themselves.
• The chapter highlights, the importance of resistance, the freedom of the farmer, the unit, and the hard work.
• The story emphasizes getting up and being reliance of the society.

Poetic and pancakes

• Ashokamitran shares about Gemini Studios, South India
• The role was newspaper cutting task.
• He was the most well informed member of the Studios.
• A cutting salon-based make-up department
• The great and talented people.
• Performers.
• Stephen Spender's visit, No Connect.
• Worked at Gemini studio, with cutting the newspaper.
• Had to Bair two Main, light.
• He had great qualities, had also did a.
• He was a Man with Multitalented.

Interview

• Stories are conveyed about the Interview and its use in the world.
• Red Kipling's is an example.
• Rudyard Kipling was punished for assaulting his wife.
• The Interview is based on questions from Professor Imberto's Novel.
• The effect of non-violence on the world.
• People hold different opinions.
• It has become vital for everyone.
• It has became a facet of truth.

Going Places

• Sophie and Jansie are teenage friends.
• Sophie is a dreamer has so many dreams.
• Jancy is very practical.
• They have worked in the Biscuit factory.
• So, she knows footballer, Dany, kasi
• Goes to watching football match.
• Was for his team.
• With family member.
• She lived in small and clattered house.
• Always in the fake world, not the fantasy.
• Highlighting Innocence.