Ulysses: The Superhero

Ulysses is a brave squirrel.He is the main character of the book Flora and Ulysses by Kate Dicamillo. In this book, Ulysses is sucked into a super vacuum which gives him superpowers. He meets Flora who had saved his life and teaches him how to use his powers, but obstacles come there way and must deal with them. Ulysses is brave and will deal with any obstacle that may come in his way.

My first reason of why I think Ulysses is a brave squirrel is when in the story Ulysses and Flora go to a doughnut cafe and Ulysses is hiding in a box. Then when the waitress is taking the Flora’s order she mistakens that the thing in flora’s box is a doll. So the waitress lifts the cover off the box that Ulysses is hiding in. Ulysses thinks that she is a

Ulysses saw the cat and sees that cat was a enemy and must be stopped. So Ulysses decided to help Flora’s Father instead of running away from it. So Ulysses gets on the cat’s head and the cat tries to hit him but Ulysses has something else in mind, he picks up the cat and throws him at a wall. This example show that Ulysses is a brave squirrel character trait is brave by choosing to help someone instead of running away from the problem.

My third reason of why I think Ulysses is a brave squirrel is when in the book Ulysses is captured by a woman who wants to kill him. Ulysses thinks “I’m going to die” but he knows that he is a superhero. Then when the woman opened the bag and was about to hit the shovel on the head of Ulysses. But Ulysses is a step ahead of her, he hops out of the bag, grabs the shovel and, through the shovel into a bush and ran away. This shows that Ulysses is a brave squirrel character trait is brave by when he think all is lost but then will rises up to solve the problem.

In the story there are many reasons that show how ulysses is a brave squirrel. Some reasons of how ulysses is a brave squirrel are when he risked fighting a cat and saving Flora's father instead of running away and he fought a waitress even though he was scared. Ulysses shows throughout the book that he is a brave squirrel who can do anything if