The story "The Last Lesson" is a satire on the colonial mindset. Elucidate (Please give points. This is a long answer question)

The Last Lesson" by Alphonse Daudet subtly comments on the suffering of the people of France when the Prussians conquered them. The authority exercised by the Prussians was so extreme that they declared that French would no longer be taught in the schools of the two districts of Alsace and Lorraine. Little Franz was unaware that it was going to be the last French class that M. Hamel took. When he realized that it was going to be his last French lesson too, he wondered whether the Prussians would now try to teach the pigeons to coo in German! The statements reflects on the inability of the Prussians to understand the patriotic fervor of the French people. Moreover, it is almost impossible to detach a person form his/her mother tongue and force him/her to learn a foreign language. Little Franz was contemplating on this linguistic domination that the Prussians were trying to implement and he realized the futility of their effort.?

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