Group “A” / “SF” should answer TWO of the following:
Q1: In her reflections on the story, Kate Marshall writes
that “it is a story about grappling with identities into which it is too easy
to vanish—losing who we are in what we are” (350). According to this
story, why might being a superhero (or anyone with a secret calling) gradually
overtake you and make your real life vanish?
Q2: The story has a strange metaphor at its center: that
every person with Caspar-Williams Syndrome has a literal city written on
their body, and to ease their suffering, they have to find that city and defend
it. While this kind of makes sense for a superhero (since each one has their
own city—Gotham , Metropolis, etc.), how might the
metaphor translate for normal people?
Q3: In the beginning of the story, Cass chooses a superhero
identity, Seraph, and decides on a mask to wear. As she reflects, “She’s always
wondered why you’d bother with a mask; now she gets it. It’s not to be
concealed, it’s to be seen, to be remembered” (14). How might this relate to
the comment in Ms. Marvel about her becoming an “urban legend”?
Q4: Before she kills him, the villain named Nightblade asks
her to “Destroy the city with me…Destroy the city and we’ll be free” (19). Why
would destroying the city make her free and allow her to leave? In real-world
terms, what might he be asking her to do? Why doesn’t she agree?
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