I think Arreola was making a satire of the absurdity of human life. My interpretation of the story is how people board the train of life with no direction and hope to meet their destination, while that not be what happens most times. At the beginning of the story, the switchman tells the stranger to stay at the inn where other passengers waiting for a train are staying but he refuses. The inn symbolizes our fears that are holding us back from living. Secondly, the man thinks because he has a ticket that he will arrive at his destination-T. This represents people who receive an opportunity feel like they will be successful but the switchman reminds the man of the journey to the destination. This signifies the decisions that he will make to be
