Term 1 Week 6 Assignment

As its name suggests, Compass Point Shopping Centre is a world map, with each storey named after the five continents: The basement is Oceania, the ground floor is Asia, the second floor is Europe, the third floor is The Americas, and the top floor is Africa. It is a concrete ship, sailing in the sea of learning. It is an amphitheatre, housing a three-ring circus on Christmas Eve - Admission is ‘free’! It is a battlefield where shoppers invade, their weapon of choice – cash.

The sun shied little golden disks at the glass roof of the shopping centre, the disks skipping from panel to panel until they formed a broad collar of gold. With its contrasting bright crimson and white facade, round eye-like windows, towering spires and a huge glass dome, the shopping centre is a cathedral, where the halls are a wonder to behold, with the most amazing things to offer (and on offer), and where shoppers come to worship. Shopping is a religion. Just a ring of the imaginary bell and worshippers will flock to it to attend its service. Every day, the mall calls out to its followers with its melodious choir, “When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping!” Even if my mother put her hands over her ears, she still cannot resist the compelling voice...