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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 won'ts. I won't let her change me, I promised myself. I won't be what I'm not.
What kind of motivation do the narrator’s thoughts show?
A. Extrinsic motivation: The narrator wants to become a prodigy to please her mother.
B. Extrinsic motivation: The narrator wants to adapt her behavior to please the girl in the mirror.
C. Intrinsic motivation: The narrator refuses to be angry like the girl in the mirror.
D. Intrinsic motivation: The narrator refuses to change her true nature to please someone else.
Answer:
The correct answer is D. Intrinsic motivation: The narrator refuses to change her true nature to please someone else.
Explanation:
"Two Kinds" is a short story by Amy Tan. The main character, June, is under pressure from her Chinese mother to become a child prodigy. In the passage, we see that June is determined not to let her mother change her. She is actually determined to be average, mediocre. Her motivation is intrinsic, which means it comes from within herself, not from the world outside. She does not want to change who she truly is, her true nature, just to please her mother.
