My name is Diana and I'm fifteen years old. My favourite subjects at school are Literature and Foreign Languages. To be precise I love English literature, especially the books of Arthur Conan Doyle. He was the one who created the world-famous character Sherlock Holmes. This brilliant English detective can now be seen in many films, cartoons and even computer games. No doubt that it's a fictional character, but everyone takes him for granted.
He was created in 1885 after the author wrote a series of short detective stories about him. He first appeared in a book called “Study in Scarlet”. Later Doyle wrote “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” and this book made him famous all over the world. People know that this hero lived in London on Baker Street. The house where he lived according to the books is now a museum. While visiting it, people can feel the atmosphere of the 19th century England.
Holmes was a highly intelligent man with an extremely rich imagination, observation and analytical skills. I admire his human qualities as well as his intellectual abilities. He was brave, honest, fair and multi-talented. He was well familiar with many other related sciences besides his profession, for example, anatomy, geology, chemistry, pharmacology etc. In his free time he enjoyed playing the violin and smoking a pipe.
One of his qualities that I admire most was that he never refused to help people who were in trouble. He didn't ask for large fee for his help. Sometimes he even did it for free. Taking into account his human and professional qualities, I can say that he is my favourite literary hero.
However, he wasn't the only character in Doyle's detective stories. Holmes had a sincere friend and dedicated assistant, whose name was Dr. John Watson.
1. She was very pleased with herself when she got such a good job.
2. The winner looked very proud of himself (herself).
3. She brought up her children by herself.
4. The cat is washing itself.
5. The children enjoyed themselves when they visited Disneyland.
6. She decided to do all the cooking herself.
7. He was asked to behave himself at school.
8. Cats are very clean animals: they are always washing themselves.
9. Doctors advised us that we have to exercise regularly in order to keep ourselves healthy.
10. In itself your problem is nothing to worry about.
11. She loves looking at herself in the mirror.
12. If you don’t behave yourself, I shall put you all to bed early.
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