Prominent Symbols? From what I could read there weren't any very strong symbols in the story. It was pretty literal in what was said and done except for maybe his double life. His double life and secret identity may have been a weak symbol for his hidden feelings after Professor Incognito was broken up with. But really the story was pretty straight forward.
Connections? I was able to connect with the overarching ideas of a super villain fighting against a protagonist due to the amount of superhero literature I watch and read. And I was able to connect with him apologizing for doing certain things because he was just feeling upset at the time, like when he robbed the museum. Another thing I connected with was the idea of hiding something important from a significant other for the sake of their feelings.
Adaptation? As far as changes to this story for adaptation for some kind of media I would like to go more for a backstory for each character. I feel while this is a good hook for a story it kind of lacks deeper substance in terms of backstory and characterizations for each person mentioned. These could be delved into more if it were adapted into a TV miniseries on AMC. You could do the same changes if you were putting this story into a comic as well. Also if you were making this into a movie I would put more emphasis on to the looming Martian invasion, its only touched upon but I would put lot more urgency into the conquest of Earth.
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