Franz attitude towards school as well …

On his arrival at school, Franz noted an unusual silence. His teacher M. Hamel was dressed nicely and asked Franz to sit so that he could start his lesson. The teacher made a startling announcement that this would be their last lesson in French as the new teacher would be arriving the following day. He reiterated about an order from Berlin that German was to be taught in schools of Alsace and Lorraine. Franz was overcome with the feeling of remorse and regretted wasting his time in trivial pursuits. He decided to pay attention to the lesson since School had become very important for him. He began to realise the real worth of his School as well as of the teacher whom they had all taken for granted all these years. Now M. Hamel became a good teacher for him rather than a boring one. For him, the teacher seemed to be a good gentleman who was leaving the village on that day. Thus, there developed a specific liking to study history and grammar in Franz on that day M. Hamel put all his heart and soul in teaching.

Franz had a sense of repent as he did not utilize the time he had, to learn his own mother-language. All those days, he had been afraid of the French teacher, M. Hamel, avoiding studies and often not attending classes. It was his guilt that made him change his attitude as he had lost the opportunity to learn his mother-language, which is like the key to the prison.

Yes the given statement is true. Franz was not interested in his language french even he had a great fear from his teacher M.Hamel. But when he came to know that his village is taken over by the Prussians, suddenly his attitude towards the school as well as for his teacher changed.