I have to disagree with your thoughts on Sontag's conclusion. Though, I did think it was a little obvious, especially to students in a banned novel class, I thought it's simplicity was magnificent. Throughout her entire essay, Sontag brought up complex ideas about what constitutes pornography and sites examples of how literature distinguishes itself from it. Throughout all of this I was sometimes baffled and left behind, but it was still clear what she was trying to get to. Then at the conclusion of her essay to wrap up her argument with the idea that it is about the quality of a text which separates it from pornography, I thought that was so interesting and relieving. It puts all of her ideas from her long essay into a nice little package for us to take with us, and I think that is why it is so great because everyone understands and can comprehend her take home message. So, she does not leaves us with an empty thought that anyone of us could figure out, but with a small concept that she has infused with so many other thoughts and references that can resonate within us.
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