Thom Pain

The pauses seem to be very important in this play. The silences between statements. It must be a very challenging play to perform. It takes about an hour and you're the only actor on the stage. You've got a series of jokes that you make, a story that you come back to again and again, but there's no central plot that you can hang your lines on.

Thomas Pain

 Why is the subtitle "based on nothing"?

- I believe the subtitle is ''based on nothing'' because maybe of emotions of memories that Thom Pain had in the past that caused him to feel emotionless or as some way say ''cold hearted .Another theory I have maybe when he was writing this play he didn't have a general  focus he just wrote what was on his mind at the time.

The opening to Thom Paine

Well it sounds something odd. It reminds me of of Dexter from the TV show would talk cynically about everything from the voice overs. The character feels like he's better then everyone, but comparing himself as the "modern brain" and from the beginning has a smoking problem. That story of the little boy and the dog, makes the child seem like a soon to be serial killer by the way he talked about how he "...laughed and laughed..." when he saw the dog get electrocuted from the live water in the puddle that he was drinking from.

Thom Pain

How is this text different from other texts we've read this term? In what ways is it similar? What is Will Eno's voice like? What is the character Thom Pain like?

Other questions:

• Why is the subtitle "based on nothing"? 
• Who was Thomas Paine?Why is the character called "Thom Pain"?
• Who is Childe Harold?
• Watch this clip from Michael C. Hall. How does it affect your understanding of the play?
• How is the audience supposed to interact w/ the actor? 
• What genre is this play? Comedy? Drama? Something else? 
• You'll probably read a play in ENGL 102. How will reading this play prepare you for that experience? 
• What questions do you still have?

Moods conclusion

The final part of moods or "Conclusion" was very shocking because the book seems to have no end, but how we discussed, the book explains the creation of earth and the book just left the story there, but we know how the story continues, it was there where my mind exploded because it is a mix between the book and reality. Hoffman ends the book with a beginning and that is simply incredible. The book was very complex and difficult to understand, but that complexity made the book pretty reflexive and a good introduction for ENGL 102.

Final thoughts of Moods

To be quite honest, I enjoyed the book because he didn’t really follow “rule” which I enjoyed. And I liked how he didn’t like like the “traditional“ way of writing, or story telling in a way, which being honest is not really a pleasure to read. While sometime I’ll read the book and cringe at how detailed he would go in some certain moments that I would have to stop reading and just pull myself together on what I just read. I like how he leaves his short paragraph are open for interpretation. Like he’s kinda like your grandfather telling you stories of his life which sometimes makes sense or most of the times can just be jibberish that he is speaking.

What i think Thom Pain ( Based on Nothing) By: Will Eno will be about

Before i start reading the play Thom Pain ( Based on Nothing) by: Will Eno i want to take a guess on what it will be about before i read it. By skimming through the book on blackboard its a one act play and it's not that long of an play. Also looking at the wardrobe and stage props it's not a big type of play just a small one. But they also explain what they are wearing and what will be on stage, and it's not a lot of stuff that's on stage maybe only 7 things that's will be on stage. But in my opinion i think it will be an interesting play to read.