Geoffrey Jackson is chosen to design a new shopping complex; however, he’s humiliated when the complex collapses, nearly killing its manager. The building symbolizes the instability of Geoffrey and the other characters’ lives: one day, their fortunes are going up, up, up, and the next they’re nothing but a pile of rubble.
The Shopping Complex Quotes in Absurd Person Singular
The Absurd Person Singular quotes below all refer to the symbol of The Shopping Complex. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act Three
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EVA: Darling, I hate to remind you but ever since the ceiling of the Harrison building caved in and nearly killed the Manager, Sidney Hopcroft is about your only hope of surviving as an architect in this city.
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The Shopping Complex Symbol Timeline in Absurd Person Singular
The timeline below shows where the symbol The Shopping Complex appears in Absurd Person Singular. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act One
...Geoffrey brings up a business deal with Ronald—he wants to know if Walter Harrison’s new shopping complex in the area has an architect yet. When Ronald says no, Geoffrey asks Ronald to...
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Act Two
...barely notices—she’s too busy writing. Geoffrey pours himself a drink and complains that Walter Harrison’s shopping complex , which he’s been designing, is proceeding slowly, and it’s going to cost twice as...
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Act Three
...in his “seedy little schemes.” Eva replies that ever since the roof of Walter Harrison’s shopping complex caved in and nearly killed the Manager, “Sidney Hopcroft is about your only hope of...
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...the boys’ mattresses.” He tells Geoffrey that he was sorry to hear about the collapsed shopping complex . Geoffrey asks Ronald how his bank is doing, and Ronald explains, “We’re not in...
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