Author Question: According to Eighner, the wise diver shares with the very wealthy a. the fascination with ... (Read 49 times)

crazycityslicker · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

According to Eighner, the wise diver shares with the very wealthy

a. the fascination with constantly acquiring material goods
b. the preoccupation with thriftiness
c. the realization that it is possible to go from rags to riches
d. the realization that the quest for things is endless
e. the realization that people waste their talents

Question 2

Divers, Eighner argues, move through a predictable series of stages in learning
to scavenge, including

a. disgust and self-loathing
b. a compulsion to acquire everything they touch
c. a realization that they must restrict themselves to those things immediately useful
d. satisfaction at having found something useful
e. all of the above