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.

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.

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.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

#1  sara was always tasked with selecting birthday presents for her friends and family because everyone admired her  impeccable taste. 

impeccable (adj): perfect, flawless

#2  they moved to the united states many years ago, but their  insular  attitudes made it difficult for them to socialize. 

insular (adj): isolated; separate

#3  the professor explained the  semantic  relationship between the two nouns used in the sentence. 

semantic (adj): related to words or the meanings of words 

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