Alter ego

On arriving in Chicago, Graham visits a friend and finds that he also has problems identifying himself.

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Graham: In this book you just wrote, how much of the main character is you?

Syd: Nothing, not a jot. The real me is not the main character.

Graham: But you and he both come from the same country, you’re same age, you have the same values…

Syd: So…?

Graham: Well, I just wondered if it might not be a teeny bit autobiographical?

Syd: Absolutely not. No way, Not me at all.

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Superman is Lois Lane in real life

Clark and Lois debate who Superman really is.

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Lois: You have to admit, he’s got it all. Looks, strength, magic.

Clark: But where does he go when he’s not doing all that stuff?

Lois: Resting, I guess.

Clark: He might be someone else most of the time and just sometimes becomes Superman and rushes around doing all that saving people stuff.

Lois: Why would he want to go back to being an ordinary person? A nobody?

Clark: I guess sometimes he just wants to get away. Perhaps he is a woman like you in real life.

Lois: No. Superman? A woman? Oh come on, Clark. Get real.

Clark: Or maybe the real-life Superman wears a clever disguise.

Lois: Ha, like changes his identity by wearing glasses? You trying to kid me you are Superman? Clark? You? Superman?

Clark: Me? Superman? Now, you’ve got to be kidding.

Lois: Still, just for a moment, there, though. I thought. No. You’re right. Trick of the light. Silly of me. You couldn’t be Superman.

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