Noughts and Crosses Noughts and Crosses" by Malorie Blackman is a novel which follows the lives and experiences of two characters‚ Callum and Sephy. Throughout the book Blackman deals with a number of issues including relationships‚ alcohol abuse‚ power abuse‚ depression and violence. However‚ the key issues of the book are racism and prejudice. These issues of racism and prejudice are conveyed through the narrative techniques of characterization‚ point of view‚ language‚ structure and setting
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blanker. In noughts and crosses world Sephy was a cross‚ daughter of a rich powerful man who was in politics. Callum was a nought and from my view he didn’t like the crosses to rule over them. Callum and Sephy loved each other but they cannot be together. Callum said to Sephy‚ “Do you ever wonder if our positions were reversed. I ask. If whites were in charged instead of Crosses.” Callum and Sephy meet each other every evening at the beach and share their thoughts and feelings. This is where I caught
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of view. The story is set in a fantasy Britain. The roles of black and white have been reversed and amplified. Noughts are second-class white people who on the poverty line. Crosses are empowered and rich black people. In the midst of this are Callum and Sephy who‚ as best friends‚ their relationship is frowned upon by society‚ a secret from Sephy’s mother‚ and not approved by Callum’s family. Their friendship goes from strength to strength and they develop an intimate connection. However‚ as
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what you saw”. Tony glared at Sam defiantly‚ but his desire to make sense of what he saw won out. “There was a boy‚ named Callum he was probably around 12 or 13 years old. He was the son of the plantation owner and this was back when enslaving human beings was an acceptable past time in America. He had a butler‚ Wilson‚ and was secretly friends with the stable boy‚ Terrence. Callum was teaching him how to read as slaves weren’t allowed to learn. And then that endeavor didn’t end well” Tony spit out
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perfect romantic holiday with Callum Wales. I had prepared the whole thing to be perfect as well as for the night before we head to Majorca. But Callum did not show up. He at last sent a text saying he will not come over. He wants a break up and he will not go to Majorca. I decided to hide in my flat. I can’t go by my own. But I need to look independence like how everyone in the office thought. Hannah and Alison‚ my officemates‚ emailed me every single detail about Callum at work. Clare came as promised
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The Liberation Militia (LM)‚ a terrorist organisation‚ offers the perfect place for acceptance for Callum‚ although he must make the difficult choice to perform racially discriminatory acts against his best friend and her family in order to fit in with the LM. On page 203‚ Callum is quoted saying “we had to. Our cell was ordered to do it…”when feeling as though he must justify why he took part in planting bombs in a shopping centre full
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Sephy and Callum are the best of friends. They grew up together and despite the animosity between their families now‚ they continue to see each other in secret. But as they grow older and the world encroaches on their friendship‚ they can deny no longer the big glaring barrier between them: Sephy is a Cross‚ Callum is a nought. Society‚ the world‚ their families‚ will never accept them. Sephy is the daughter of Kamal Hadley‚ a successful and important politician who’s manoeuvring his way to the
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The use of similes and metaphors emphasize the feelings and emotions of Callum and Sephy. The use of descriptive writing is employed by Blackman to give the reader insight into the effects and emotions of racism. An example of this is shown to the reader when Sephy describes how difficult it was for her to speak; “I was talking like my mouth was full of stones and sharp jagged ones at that." The use of this image is effective because‚ just as if her mouth was full of stones
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truth. In this book Sephy (Persephone) is a cross and Callum her best friend and soon to be lover Callum is a nought In some ways the book is very similar to Romeo and Juliet. For example Sephy (Persephone) has a close relationship with her mother’s secretary Sarah. This links with Romeo and Juliet because Juliet had a close bond with her nurse and in some ways Sarah is like a nurse to her. One scene that really emphasises this is when Callum sneaks into Sephy’s room and they sleep together. In the
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things that occurred during the novel‚ like the fact Callum dying made me want to scream and rip my hair out (I did restrain myself by the way). But the fact that I did want to do that was because you grew attached to the characters‚ as if they were real people. (Even if they’re not‚ they could be in the future‚ you never know...) I hated/ loved that about the book. My favourite characters would have to be the guys of Callum’s family‚ especially Callum. Partly because of his complete ‘it is how it is’
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