Initial responses

When I first read Torn I found it very confusing and difficult because I didn't understand what was happening at all, I thought Angel was an actual angel and I only managed to read the first few pages before being so confused I took to youtube and google and watched the trailer for Torn and a few interviews plus read a bit about it, I learned that it is about a family and whether the sexual assault that happened to Angel 10 years ago was true, this information cleared my mind and allowed me to read the play. Whilst reading i still found it such a struggle because of all the broken language and I didn't understand what (/) meant which was constantly used so I was very confused when reading it. I understood most of the family but I wasn't sure who Auntie J and Auntie L were and I thought they were the aunties of 1st and 2nd twin and later found out in class they were 1st and 2nd twins other sisters. I wasn't a huge fan of Torn when I first read it because I was so confused by other things and I found it difficult to get into, I did find the story interesting and I thought it was a very true modern piece of theatre.