I just spent a lot of time rewriting the book Beloved so that my students could participate in thier English 3 class by reading my easier version. I felt that it worked well and would love to share my modification. I you respond. I will send you a 33 page word perfect attachment with my rewrite. I would also love for some other teachers to smmoth out and correct what I have written so that it is even more helpful. The basic message of my verion of Beloved is that. When people treat us bad (slavery for example) we feel bad long after the orrigional event. This bad feeling haunts us like a ghost. (Beloved is the ghost of slavery) In order to get rid of the ghost we must be brave and talk to each other, support each other and work together to chase the bad feelings (Ghosts) away. I think I did a 75% job at getting this point through.
Gregg