Homer's epic Greek poem The Odyssey is about a great warrior , Odysseus ( Ulysses , In Latin ) , who tries to return home after the Trojan War . The gods make his journey long and difficult , causing him to travel widely , having many adventures . Meanwhile , his wife Penelope must deal with suitors who , thinking her husband is dead , have invaded her home . In James Joyce's novel Ulysses , two characters , Stephen and Bloom , go about their daily business in the city of Dublin . Stephen's home is occupied by roommates who appear to be taking over his apartment . Bloom's home is periodically invaded by a man who pursues his wife , Molly Which statement best explains how the modern story transforms the ideas of the original myth ? A. 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 has changed .

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

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

D. 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 .