Kafka on the Shore...... A time where I was lost

One time where I can distinctly remember being lost was as a child in the supermarket at the local Jewel Osco. I was with my mom and I suddenly turned around, and she was gone. She had probably assumed  I was still walking beside her, but I had become enamored with the Transformer toys in the toys and games section of the store. After looking at Optimus Prime for a few minutes, I turned around and of course, she was nowhere to be seen. I definitely was scared as I became disoriented and suddenly everything in the store looked foreign. This was probably the first time that I had been separated from my family without knowing where they were. As a child, all you know is your family and you are constantly with them. Suddenly, everything I knew was gone and seemingly lost simply because I got distracted. This is kind of like what Kafka was going through, except he chose to get lost instead of having it happen to him. Eventually, I found my mother, just like Kafka finds his family throughout the book, and eventually returns home, just as I returned home with my mother. Now here's a great song by the Clash about being lost in a supermarket.