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"the last lesson" tells us about the significance of one's language in one's life and how important it is to safeguard it. The author Alphonso Daudet (1840-1897) was a French novelist and short story writer. "The Last Lesson" is set in the days of the France-Purssian war (1870-1871) in which France was defeated by purssia led by Bismarck. Purssia then consisted of what now are the nations of Germany, Poland and part of Austria. In this story the French district of Alsace and Lorraine have passed into Prussian hands. An order came from Berlin that only German language would be tought in the school of these two districts. The French language teacher M. Hammel gives his last lesson. Suddenly Franz and other realise how important one's language is.