Lika’s Log

As I cruised around with some friends, one person said “Daei is now Don Quixote; thats there new name.” And I said, “they got bought out by the Spaniards?”

I’m sure there’s a story about how a Japanese store named Daei grows up to be named Don Quixote. I went to Daei Waipahu and sure enough on my reciept it says Don Quixote.

I asked the cashier why does Daei now have a Spanish name, a character from The Man From LaMancha? Young cashier girl is clueless as to who or what is the original Don Quixote. She says, “Well they’ll be able to bring more things in from Japan?”

I ask, “Do you know who Don Quixote is?” She says, “No, I heard its a story.”

So the school systems no longer MAKE kids read literature. Life is confusing enough why read The Man From LaMancha if you don’t have to. Besides, all you gotta do these days is google it. What’s the point?

Who the hell is Don Quixote and what in blazes is The Man From Mancha?

“Often called the first modern novel, Don Quixote originally conceived as a comic satire against the chivalric romances. However, Cervantes did not destroy the chivalric ideal of the romances he rejected - he transfigured it. The work have been seen as a veiled attack on the Catholic Church or on the contemporary Spanish politics, or symbolizing the duality of the Spanish character.”

So my original question, ’why does a Japanese store have a Spanish name now;’ remains unanswered. I didn’t google it. I’m sure someone will send me a link with the explanation. *L* 

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