You said:
"I believe her article could have been more effective if it were more succinct and concise."
I could not agree more! I also feel this way about so many different things that we've read. Being wordy is NOT the best way to get a point across, and more often than not just confuses readers. I don't think that an article or essay need be so many pages long if it is saying the same thing over and over again. I don't necessarily feel that the Sontag essay did this specifically, but I might point the finger at Eagleton instead. It's not that I think everything we read should just be a paragraph long, stating the point and that's all. Backing up points with evidence is a must, as we all know. However, sometimes too much is just too much.
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