The poem, “Elena”, by Pat Mora and the story, “No speak English”, by Sandra Cisneros show how immigrants that move to the United States suffer emotional problem. First of all, in the poem Elena, Pat Mora talks about how a Spanish mother feels undereducated because she is not able to understand or speak English. The mother feels upset because she cannot communicate with her children. The story no speaks English by Sandra Cisneros, talks about a lady moving to America and having trouble communicating with others. She feels embarrassed because her baby boy learned how to speak English and she could not. She starts crying because she is unable to speak English. Second, she tries to learn English by herself. She feels embarrassed, but she knows it is more important for her to learn English. She spends most of her time listening to Spanish radio. “She sits all day by the window and plays the Spanish radio show and sings all the homesick songs about her country in a voice that sounds like a seagull Cisneros, no speak English”. Finally “Embarrassed at mispronouncing words, embarrassed at the laughter of my children, the grocery, the mailman. Mora, Elena”. She fells embarrassed about her pronunciations so she locks herself in the bathroom and study’s the thick words. Even though it is hard she will not give up learning. She does not come of the house and, she fells lonely because she does not speak English very well. In conclusion; the poem and story talks about how person from other countries straggling to learn English, due to the lack of knowledge they are having emotional distastes.