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.

Anaya's (the author of the excerpt above) point of view is best expressed by the statement [Mexican American writers need to preserve their heritage by continuing to write about it].

Rudolfo Anaya made an impactful point when he said that if we leave the tortillas out of our poetry (our cultural values), then the culture we are portraying will go unnoticed.

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explanation:

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."