“Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators,” Camus once said (Esar 28). His subject was ambiguity—a subject with two or more contrary interpretations—and his meaning was clear. Readers can derive truth from concise statements, but they may only form plausible observations from vague writings. This opens the possibility of manipulating the thoughts of the reader, when used effectively. Such was done by an American writer who spent twelve years …showed first 75 words of 1508 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1508 total…contrary ideas almost simultaneously into the mind of the reader, with the reader either accepting one and harboring the other in the recesses of his intellect or rejecting both and continuing on with an aberrant feeling of uncertainty. Then perhaps, the indistinctness that prompted Camus to believe that ambiguity can only be understood by those who speak about a subject—as opposed to speaking on a subject—may indeed be what keeps a reader reading.