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What was the ‘thunderclap’ the narrator received as M. Hamel began the lesson?

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Focus on the emotional and historical context of M. Hamel’s last French lesson, emphasizing the loss of linguistic and cultural identity.
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The ‘thunderclap’ was the shocking news that this was M. Hamel’s last French lesson. The school and teaching of the French language were being banned as a result of Prussian rule in Alsace and Lorraine.
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