If you wanted to make a huge point that would explode inside the mind and indeed soul of your reader, would you do a kind of Beethoven, or a kind of literary Mozart?
Come make the decision to come right at the theme and hit you over the head with it; or have it sneak up on you quietly, logically, inexorably.
In the invaluable sections about China in his new book, Henry Kissinger goes for the Mozart. He wants you to accept what he believes is the 21st reality of China in its relationship with the United States, but he wishes to reason with you before bringing in the brass and the timpani.