The Traveller is the only concrete character in the poem. The poem covers the topics of alienation and mystery, leaving questions unanswered. However, the attempts to find meaning are evident throughout the poem, although without result. But only a host of phantom listeners That dwelt in the lone house then Stood listening in the quiet of the moonlight
The answer to your question is B: Anaya compares “tortillas” to “the soul”
of a Mexican-American writer, emphasizing his belief that writers must
be allowed to express their culture and heritage.
