Question

read the passage from \two kinds.\
and then i saw what seemed to be the prodigy side of me—because i had never seen that face before. i looked at my reflection, blinking so i could see more clearly. the girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. this girl and i were the same. i had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of wonts. i wont let her change me, i promised myself. i wont be what im not.
what kind of motivation do the narrator’s thoughts show?

• extrinsic motivation: the narrator wants to become a prodigy to please her mother.
• extrinsic motivation: the narrator wants to adapt her behavior to please the girl in the mirror.
• intrinsic motivation: the narrator refuses to be angry like the girl in the mirror.
• intrinsic motivation: the narrator refuses to change her true nature to please someone else.

Explanation:

To determine the motivation, we analyze the concepts of intrinsic (internal, self - driven) and extrinsic (external, like pleasing others) motivation. The narrator has thoughts like "I won't let her change me" and "I won't be what I'm not", showing she is driven by her own desire to stay true to herself, not to please others (so not extrinsic). The first wrong option for intrinsic says she refuses to be angry like the girl, but the text is about not changing her nature, not about anger. The correct one is the last option as it shows intrinsic motivation (self - driven) to not change her true nature to please others.

Answer:

D. Intrinsic motivation: The narrator refuses to change her true nature to please someone else.