Descriptive essay
Noughts and crosses assessment
In this essay I intend to show how the relationship between the two
Main characters in Malorie Blackman’s first book, “Noughts and
Crosses”, matures and reflect on the difficulties they face in a
Society where people from different races are treated differently.
The first indication that the friends, Sephy and Callum, have feelings for each other comes straight away when Callum says, “ Can I kiss you?” Sephy does not really like this idea at first and thinks “Yuck” and wrinkles up her nose. However, she eventually agrees though says,
“Make it fast!” They kiss very awkwardly and Callum says, “If you can’t kiss your friends then who can you kiss!” This shows that they still feel too young to have a relationship but at this stage there is no real worries for either of them, although, Callum seems distant at times. These quotations tell the first stage of a long and difficult relationship to come.
The first indication that Callum is not entirely happy with his life is when he shares his thoughts with Sephy that he would like to escape but bitterly says that the whole world is like the place he is in now.
Sephy does not realise what he means but Callum says, “You’re on the inside, Sephy. I’m not.” This quote shows how Callum feels some
Resentment towards the crosses (dark-skinned people). At this point the main reason is the fact that he; a nought (white skin) who previously went to a nought-only school that have a lack of resources and funding, has managed to pass the entrance exam to a previously cross-only school but has to join what he calls “the baby class.” This is because everyone in the class is at least a year younger than him and he feels frustrated over the amount of discrimination that he receives for being white skinned. This leads to Callum telling Sephy that he feels they are in different places and Callum says “us noughts are in one place and you crosses are in another with a huge, great
In this essay I intend to show how the relationship between the two
Main characters in Malorie Blackman’s first book, “Noughts and
Crosses”, matures and reflect on the difficulties they face in a
Society where people from different races are treated differently.
The first indication that the friends, Sephy and Callum, have feelings for each other comes straight away when Callum says, “ Can I kiss you?” Sephy does not really like this idea at first and thinks “Yuck” and wrinkles up her nose. However, she eventually agrees though says,
“Make it fast!” They kiss very awkwardly and Callum says, “If you can’t kiss your friends then who can you kiss!” This shows that they still feel too young to have a relationship but at this stage there is no real worries for either of them, although, Callum seems distant at times. These quotations tell the first stage of a long and difficult relationship to come.
The first indication that Callum is not entirely happy with his life is when he shares his thoughts with Sephy that he would like to escape but bitterly says that the whole world is like the place he is in now.
Sephy does not realise what he means but Callum says, “You’re on the inside, Sephy. I’m not.” This quote shows how Callum feels some
Resentment towards the crosses (dark-skinned people). At this point the main reason is the fact that he; a nought (white skin) who previously went to a nought-only school that have a lack of resources and funding, has managed to pass the entrance exam to a previously cross-only school but has to join what he calls “the baby class.” This is because everyone in the class is at least a year younger than him and he feels frustrated over the amount of discrimination that he receives for being white skinned. This leads to Callum telling Sephy that he feels they are in different places and Callum says “us noughts are in one place and you crosses are in another with a huge, great