Sidekicks

This is a speech I wrote and will recite for my final in English.

Sidekicks

When we were kids we always wanted to be the superhero, or a princess. We idolized the Supermen, the Snow Whites, the Sherlock Holmes, and the Peter Pans. We saw that these people saved the world, got the girl or guy, and escaped near death. No wonder we looked up to them. They are magical and brave. But what about the Tinker Bells, the Dr. John Watsons, or the seven dwarfs? Tink has gotten Peter Pan out of plenty tough situations. Without John Sherlock would have died in the first book, and let's just imagine what would have happened to Snow White if she hadn’t found the dwarfs. Without the sidekicks and best friends our heroes would be nothing. They would be walking around with their shoes untied at a complete loss of what to do.  

Now many people have the hero complex. They want to do everything, save everyone and most importantly do it all by themselves. Refusing any help offered. The movie industries are cutting back on sidekicks and focusing even more on the super heroes. In the Sherlock Holmes books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Watson is just as a major part in solving crimes as Sherlock is. But in recent movies Watson is portrayed as a burden to Sherlock and, frankly, stupid.

Sidekicks are underappreciated, and overlooked. But if you ask me they are the real heroes. They have no motive to save people or solve crimes besides the fact that they want to help people. They know that the Supermen will get all of the fame and glory. They are usually the comic relief and they make up for what the hero lacks in common sense. In a perfect world we would have wanted to be Tinker Bell and Watson.

Author's Note

I realize that this has flaws and I will absolutely edit it more but I would really like extra input, for the sake of my English grade.

Reviews

[Marie]

A new concept--the sidekick as hero.
I went over this for spelling and punctuation flaws, and found nne. But I think the last sentence could be better. Perhaps "In a perfect world I think we would want to be Tinker Bell and Watson."