The Adventurers

Romance and adventure always interest this type. He lives for thrills
and novel reactions and usually spares no pains or money to get them. A
very slangy but very expressive term used frequently by these people is,
"I got a real kick out of that."

This craving for adventure, suspense and zest often lures this type into
speculation, gambling and various games of chance. The danger in flying,
deep-sea diving, auto-racing and similar fields has a strong appeal for
this type--so strong that practically every man or woman who follows
these professions is of this type.

Tires of Sameness

The Thoracic soon tires of the same suit, the same gown, the same
house, the same town and even the same girl. He wrings the utmost out of
each experience so quickly and so completely that he is forever on the
lookout for new worlds to conquer. Past experiences are to him as so
many lemons out of which he has taken all the juice. He anticipates
those of the future as so many more to be utilized in the same way.

Likes Responsive People

We all like answers. We want to be assured that what we have said or
done has registered. The Thoracic is always saying or doing something
and can't understand why other people are so unresponsive. He is as
responsive as a radio wire. Everything hits the mark with him and he
lets you know it. So, naturally, he enjoys the same from others and
considers those less expressive than himself stiff, formal or dull.

The kind of person the Thoracic likes best is one sufficiently like
himself to nod and smile and show that he fully understands but who will
not interrupt his stream of talk.

People He Dislikes

The stolid, indifferent or cold are people the Thoracic comes very
near disliking. Their evident self-complacency and immobility are things
he does not understand at all and with which he has little patience.

Such people seem to him to be cold, unfeeling, almost dead. So he steers
clear of them. It was surely a Thoracic who first called these people
"sticks." But the reason for their acting like sticks will be apparent
in another chapter.

His Pet Aversions

Whereas the Alimentive avoids people he does not care for, the
Thoracic is inclined to betray his aversions. He occasionally delights
to put people he dislikes at a disadvantage by his wit or satire. The
stony individual who walks through life like an Ionian pillar is a
complete mystery to the Thoracic; and the pill