How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
It was a good (and also slightly disturbing) point. How, exactly, was a typing squirrel going to fight villains and change the world? (17.14)
Tootie doesn't think a squirrel can be a superhero, yet we also see that Ulysses might not save an entire city, but he fights evil on a small scale—in Flora's life. He saves her from a life of isolation and no love.
Quote #5
Every superhero had an arch-nemesis. What if Ulysses's arch-nemesis was William Spiver? (21.32)
It seems rational to Flora that every superhero would have an arch-nemesis. Otherwise, who would they spend their time fighting? Even though she uses different words, what she's really talking about here is good and evil; a superhero does good, while an arch-nemesis does evil. It's as simple as that.
Quote #6
Everything was coming into sharp and terrifying focus; the story was starting to make sense: Ulysses was a superhero (probably), and Phyllis Buckman was his arch-nemesis (definitely). (23.20)
Uh-oh… Flora is in a tough situation when it turns out her mom is her BBF's arch-nemesis. What's a girl to do? Yet by the end of the story, her mom and Ulysses make up. Do you think he'll get another arch-nemesis, or just focus on his poetry instead?