Read the passage from "Two Kinds."
What kind of motivation do the narrator's thoughts
And then I saw what seemed to be the prodigy side of
show?
me because had never seen that face before.
looked at my reflection, blinking so I could see more
Extrinsic motivation: The narrator wants to become a
clearly. The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful.
prodigy to please her mother.
This girl and I were the same. I had new thoughts,
O Extrinsic motivation: The narrator wants to adapt her
willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots of
behavior to please the girl in the mirror.
won'ts. won't let her change me, I promised myself. I
O Intrinsic motivation: The narrator refuses to be angry
won't be what I'm not.
like the girl in the mirror.
• Intrinsic motivation: The narrator refuses to change
her true nature to please someone