Sidekicks: The Archetypes
- June 29, 2019
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- ghostauthors
From Sancho Panza (Don Quixote) to Doctor Watson (Sherlock Holmes), and from Man Friday (Robinson Crusoe) to Ford Prefect (Arthur Dent), many of the great heroes of literature are accompanied by equally fascinating sidekicks. The term ‘sidekick’ was originally a slang term used by pickpockets. A ‘kick’ is the front pocket of a pair of...