How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
He was a squirrel. Could he be a superhero, too? (8.26)
This seemingly innocent question is pretty much what everyone asks when they first encounter Ulysses. Yet the question isn't innocent at all. It shows us that even though Ulysses has pretty incredible powers for a squirrel, people around him still doubt his capabilities.
Quote #5
She had been dreaming about a squirrel. In her dream, he was flying with his legs straight out in front of him and his tail straight out behind him. He was a squirrel on his way to save someone! He looked supremely, magnificently heroic. (14.4)
It's not too long before this actually happens in the diner and then later in the woods. Did you notice that every time the squirrel does something heroic, the book changes into comic book form?
Quote #6
And speaking of treacherousness, things were not, in any way, progressing as Flora had planned. She had envisioned Ulysses fighting crime, criminals, villainy, darkness, treachery; she had imagined him flying (holy bagumba!) through the world with her (Flora Buckman!) at his side. Instead, here she was leading a temporarily blind boy through her own backyard. It was anticlimactic, to say the least. (18.17)
Just because Ulysses's super powers aren't what Flora imagined doesn't make them any less amazing. He fights crime and evil, just on a much smaller level than most superheroes. But then again, that makes sense since he's smaller than most superheroes, too, what with being a squirrel and all.