My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America. You could open a restaurant. You could work for the govern
ment and get good retirement. You could buy a house with almost no money down. You could become rich. You could become instantly famous. –“Two Kinds,” Amy Tan How does this passage provide an example of an intrinsic motivation? It demonstrates the mother’s ambition. It demonstrates that the mother’s main concern is her family. It demonstrates that the mother doesn’t care what others think. It demonstrates the mother’s worry about how other people view her.
