Everybody during the last lesson is …

all the villagers sitting on the last benchers were feeling mixed emotions they are thankful for the teacher (M.hamel )for his 40 years faithful service , they are respect ful for their country which was not their anymore and they are regretful for not attending school . They neglect their own language and now the students like franz also feel regret for not learning his lessons properly .he have regret that he spend his time on sliding sar , seeking birds instead of learning his lessons . He was also embarrassed that how he called himself a French man in front of Germans as he even don't know how to speak or write French .

It was the time of Franco -Prussian war occupying territory after territory . Alsace and Lorraine, townships of France, too had been occupied. A shocking order from Berlin had come that French would no longer be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. This order hurt the pride of the local people. There is a sudden surge of patriotism in them. They suddenly realise that they don't know their language properly and yet they call themselves French. They now regret their negligence at not having learnt their own language. In order to show respect to their country, that was theirs no more, and for M. Hamel, who had served them for the last forty years, the elders of the village also went to school. Everybody was sad and grave.