But book blogger Jessica Crispin thinks Ebert is overreacting. She argues that
students shouldn't necessarily be deprived of a "universal" storyline just
because the prose is over their heads. Besides, she says, this sort of thing has
been going on for decades, with little known harm done to aspiring readers. She
recalls reading young readers' adaptations of Great Expectations and
A Tale of Two Cities when she was a kid
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Dumbing Down 'Gatsby' - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher - 0 views
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I can see both sides here: I think that great American novels are works of art that should not be "dumbed down" or modified just so that people intimated by the difficult prose can know the story. However, I think for children reading abridged or modified versions of classics get introduced to the themes and stories in a friendly way. As Cripsin later says, this never discouraged her from reading the "real" version later when she was ready.
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young adult novel
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I like this idea of using a YA novel as a bridge to the canon!
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Fitzgerald's classic
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