Elena´s feeling towards her house is that she feels embarrassed that she lives in a place like El building. In paragraph 1, it states "At almost any hours of the day, El building was like a monstrous jukebox, blasting out salsas from open windows as the residents, mostly new immigrants just up from the island, tried to drown out whatever they were currently enduring with loud music." Elena feelings towards Eugene's house is that she was in love with the house and that she is fascinated by the house. According to paragraph 6, it says " I could see their kitchen table, the sink, and the store." Then in paragraph 28, it says " the yard was healthy edged around the little walk that led to the door. It always amazed me how Paterson, the inner core of the city has no apparent logic to its architecture small, neat, single residents like this one could be found right next to huge dilapidated apartment building like El building."
