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Anger, hurt, betrayal, confusion; human emotions play a pivotal part in our daily lives. They have a way of distorting our experiences, causing us to react in a way that can beget discord or distress. Think of the Sunday Football game. While the game is in play, you watch with excitement, anger, sometimes even fear. Yet, Monday morning, when you relive the game with your co-workers you no longer feel the same intensity of the emotions. With the passing of time, we are able to look back and see the situation logically; we look with our mind rather than our heart. Our emotions cloud our views as we go through the transition from innocence to experience, yet it is only time that can help us look back with clarity. The story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan is a prime example of emotions clouding perceptions while living the events. As a child, Jing-mei perceives her mother as controlling and full of unrealistic expectations. She illustrates the many attempts of her mother to mold her into a prodigy; trying to make her the next Shirley Temple, sitting at the table together night after night studying facts, studying passages in the bib