In both stories, the hero encounters very similar people like a lover, a loyal friend, and a villain. In Hudsucker Proxy, Norville's version of the love interest character is Amy Archer. Amy is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Manhattan Argus assigned to write a story on Norville. So she gets a job at Hudsucker Industries as his personal secretary to interact with him on a daily basis (Hudsucker Proxy). Amy looks a lot like Penelope from The Odyssey. Penelope is the wife of Ulysses, who spends her days at the palace waiting for her husband who left twenty years earlier for Troy and who never returned (The Odyssey). The characters are similar in the context of their undying love for the hero and having hope in the hero even when the hero was on his journey filled with struggles. Norville's loyal friend character in Hudsucker Proxy is Moses. Moses is the man who operates the tower's giant clock and is very knowledgeable about the events taking place at Hudsucker Industries (Hudsucker Proxy). Moses looks a lot like Eumaeus from The Odyssey. Eumaeus is the faithful shepherd who helps Odysseus regain his throne after his return to Ithaca (The Odyssey). The characters are similar in the context of their belief in the hero, even when the hero himself lacked self-confidence. In Hudsucker Proxy, the role of the villain is played by Sidney Mussburger. Sidney Mussburger is a ruthless board member who learns that the company's stock will soon be sold to the public. So he concocts a plan to buy the majority stake in the company by temporarily lowering the stock price due to the incompetence of an incompetent manager. President (Hudsucker Proxy). Mussburger looks a lot like the suitors from The Odyssey. The suitors are 108 men from all over Greece who come to try to woo and marry Queen Penelope, but she