NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter 1 The Last Lesson
Summary of English Flamingo Chapter 1 The Last Lesson
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Question 1:
What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
Question 2:
What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?
Question 3:
What had been put up on the bulletin-board?
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Question 1:
What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?
Question 2:
How did Franz’s feelings about M. Hamel and school change?
Understanding the Text
Question 1:
The people in this story suddenly realise how precious their language is to them. What shows you this? Why does this happen?
Question 2:
Franz thinks, “Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?” What could this mean?
Talking about the Text
Question 1:
“When a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to their language it is as if they had the key to their prison.”
Can you think of examples in history where a conquered people had their language taken away from them or had a language imposed on them?
Question 2:
What happens to a linguistic minority in a state? How do you think they can keep their language alive?
For example:
Punjabis in Bangalore
Tamilians in Mumbai
Kannadigas in Delhi
Gujaratis in Kol
Question 3:
Is it possible to carry pride in one’s language too far?
Do you know what ‘linguistic chauvinism’ means?
NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Flamingo Chapter-1 The Last Lesson
