question_answer 29)

1. He made them himself at odd moments. 2. He raised himself. 3. He had let himself be fooled by a bait and had been caught. 4. … a day may come when you yourself may want to get a big piece of pork. Notice the way in which these reflexive pronouns have been used (pronoun+self) • In 1 and 4 the reflexive pronouns “himself” and “yourself” are used to convey emphasis. • In 2 and 3 the reflexive pronoun is used in place of personal pronoun to signal that it refers to the same subject in the sentence. Pick out other examples of the use of reflexive pronouns from the story and notice how they are used.

Answer:

a. ... to think of people he knew who had let themselves be caught in the dangerous snare. b. But he laughed to himself as he went away...