Red Plaid Shirt

Red Plaid Shirt Where are the memories of our pasts held? In scrapbooks full of photographs, or perhaps written on the pages of a locked diary? Picture though, something as simple and ordinary as a closet full of clothes. Think about its contents, where they have been worn, what they have been through, the stories attached to each item. The nameless protagonist of Diane Schoemperlen’s short story Red Plaid Shirt does this as she …

…or perhaps not. Their purpose is never revealed, and it is difficult to say exactly what their place is in the plot line. They do add something to the story, and I do not think it would have been the same without them. I believe that Schoemperlen added them without a definite reason in mind, and instead decided to let the reader make their own conclusions about the descriptions place in the story. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**