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 narrators 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:

1. Analyze the first option: Extrinsic motivation comes from external rewards or to please others. The narrator here is not wanting to be a prodigy to please her mother; instead, she is resisting change. So this is incorrect.
2. Analyze the second option: The narrator is not trying to adapt her behavior to please the girl in the mirror (which is herself). She is resisting change, so this is incorrect.
3. Analyze the third option: The narrator's refusal is not about not being angry like the girl in the mirror. The main point is about not changing her true nature, not about anger. So this is incorrect.
4. Analyze the fourth option: Intrinsic motivation comes from internal desires, like being true to oneself. The narrator says "I won't let her change me" and "I won't be what I'm not", which shows she refuses to change her true nature to please someone else (her mother's desire for her to be a prodigy). This matches.

Answer:

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