Sontag is the kind of writer who is able to phrase things succinctly and memorably: One example is her final sentence: "There should be way of saving beauty from women--and for them." Make a list of similarly catchy sentences and phrases in Sontag's essay and think about what it is about them stylistically that makes them catchy. Is it something about the words chosen, or the shape or rhythm of the sen-tences, or something else?

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