Question

Which statement best explains how the modern story transforms the ideas of the original myth?

A) Joyce emphasizes the suffering of his Penelope-inspired character to make his story more tragic than the original myth.

B) Joyce makes the idea of an invaded home more personal for readers by writing about two ordinary people in a modern city rather than about a mythical Greek warrior.

C) Unlike Homer's Odysseus, Joyce shows that one can never truly return home from a war, either because one has personally changed or one's home changed.

D) Joyce expresses his opinion that the journey of Odysseus is minor compared to the ordinary pursuits of a modern person.

Answer 1

B) Joyce makes the idea of an invaded home more personal for readers by writing about two ordinary people in a modern city rather than about a mythical Greek warrior.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that best explains how the modern story transforms the ideas of the original myth is option B because Joyce makes a narration of a more relatable situation for modern readers.

Joyce uses the narration of a home invasion because it would be more relatable to modern readers than talking about fighting in wars or a mythical Greek warrior.