Question

Read the following excerpt from "Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry" by Rudolfo A. Anaya. If we leave out our tortillas—and by that I mean the language, history, cultural values and themes of our literature—the very culture we’re portraying will die. Based on this excerpt, which of the following statements best expresses Anaya’s point of view?

A. Mexican American writers need to reject American values and instead focus on Mexican traditions.
B. Mexican American writers need to recognize that Mexican food is the most important symbol of their heritage.
C. Mexican American writers need to focus more on their Mexican heritage than on their American heritage.
D. Mexican American writers need to preserve their heritage by continuing to write about it.

Answer 1

D because it shows us how they preserve there heritage by continuing to write about tortilla.

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Answer 2

D. Mexican American writers need to preserve their heritage by continuing to write about it.

Step-by-step explanation:

Rudolfo A. Anaya's "Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry" is an essay that he wrote as an expression and address for the demerits of censorship, especially in the literary world. For non-native Americans, like he and his many writer friends from Mexico but settled in America, he emphasizes on the importance of maintaining their Mexican heritage even when they are faced with some failures.

The passage in the question is from when he had mentioned about his Chicano writer friend who had decided to conform to the English language written form as that will ensure his selection for the literary fellowship. He implores on them (the Chicano writers) to continue writing even though they may not be appreciated to their supposed level. By his implication of "taking the tortilla out of poetry", he means the removal of the true identity of the writer from his work.

Thus, Anaya's main point of view is best expressed by the statement that Mexican American writers need to preserve their heritage by continuing to write about it.