serious aspect is ‘Noughts & Crosses’ by Malorie Blackman. This essay will investigate how the writer uses characterisation‚ theme‚ structure and the setting of a fictional dystopia to explore racism from both points 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
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Title- Noughts and Crosses Genre-Novel Author- Malorie Blackman Date finished- 6/10/2013 The story was about white and black people who were called noughts and crosses. I had trouble finding out what noughts and crosses are‚ but I found that out in prologue after a bit of reading as the pace of the book was very slow. I also kind of had a guess by looking at the book’s cover which displayed a white circle and a cross in black. In the world of noughts and crosses they don’t simply mix and the
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Callum McGregor is one of the main characters in the novel Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. It is an action packed novel based on a society that has been practicing segregation for decades. The novel is set in a fictional country called Pangaea during the 21st century. Callum deals with many issues including relationships‚ friendships‚ violence‚ alcohol abuse and depression. However‚ the main issues he has to deal with are prejudice and racism. This essay will reveal Callum’s complicated
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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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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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noughts and crosses is a book written by Malorie Blackman. It is about a friendship between Sephy hadley‚ a cross and daughter of important cross‚ and Callum McGregor‚ a nought. This novel describes an alternative histoiry where humans evolved while Pangae was still intact. Without the barriers to exchange of domesticable animals‚ among other factors‚ the African people gained technological and organized advantage and organizational advantage over the Europeans rather than the other way around
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NOUGHTS AND CROSSES Teacher’s Pack By Frances Gregory CONTENTS Introduction 3 Overview for Scheme of Work 4 Navigator 5–6 Lesson Plans‚ WS 7–45 Assessment 46 INTRODUCTION English teachers don’t need to be told the enormous value and pleasure of reading whole texts as class readers. Little compares with that feeling when a class are truly engaged in the reading of a really good book. Those moments stay with you forever – indeed‚ they fuel the desire to find
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“Noughts and Crosses” by Malorie Blackman The book is called Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman. The beginning is set on a private beach. The two main characters which are also the first characters to be introduced in Chapter 1 are called Callum and Sephy. In this book‚ Crosses (black people) and Noughts (white people) aren’t equal. Crosses have all the power while Noughts are treated like dirt. Callum is a Nought and Sephy is a Cross. In the first chapter Callum entered a new school which
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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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Noughts and Crosses Analysis Novels help authors to explore a range of important issues in society‚ which Malorie Blackman clearly portrays through Noughts and Crosses. This novel follows the lives and experiences of two characters‚ Callum and Sephy. Throughout the book Blackman deals with a number of key issues including racism and prejudice‚ love and friendship and lastly‚ violent and peaceful protest. These themes are identified through different layers of meaning of her writing using textual
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