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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My Favourite Book Essay (or not!) Books‚ what would my life be without books? BORING. With books you can do anything you put your mind to‚ be anything‚ travel anywhere in the world through a book‚ it’s amazing how just twenty six letters of the alphabet form to make a beautiful book‚ the smell of books can tell its own story‚ many people think that I read because I don’t have a life but I read because I choose to have many. I have many favourite books‚ however I don’t have one particular favourite
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Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman Noughts and Crosses is an amazing novel written by Malorie Blackman‚ about a world that is divided in two‚ the dark skinned crosses and the light skinned noughts. Crosses are the most privileged race and are the rulers‚ noughts are slaves to the crosses and are second class citizens that are treated very poorly‚ quite a lot like what’s happening in our world today but if the race and class were switched. Sephy is one of the main characters‚ she is a cross
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Dear Mr. Davies‚ I was wondering if we can have strawberries at the salad bar. Could we also have strawberry smoothie for children under year 7-8. About the strawberries. If you had not much time left to cut them‚ it does not matter because you can just rinse them under the water and put them in a bowl ready for lunch. Sometimes when I would like a jacket potato the sign on the board will say `JACKET POTATO AVAILIBLE EVERY DAY` but when I come up to the dinner ladies they say there is no more
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number of Nought children to attend Cross Private Schools throughout the country as a apart of the “Nought Benefit Package”‚ protests were staged across all schools that had accepted the Noughts to become a part of the daily education program of a typical teenage Cross. Many Cross students throughout the country expressed their negative views on the Noughts joining in their learning community by surrounding the front gates of their schools‚ shouting with signs and posters once the Noughts had arrived
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I love “Noughts and Crosses” because I love the forbidden romance and the great friendship between the two main characters. What I really loved about it was that it is one of those rare books that keep you drawn in right from the start and it doesn’t fail to meet expectations. Malorie Blackman does a really good job at making you feel the emotions that Callum and Sephy feel; when they feel sad‚ you’re sad and when they feel happy you’re happy and it’s because she writes about the characters and the
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Noughts and Crosses- Malorie Blackman The book Noughts and Crosses is a sitting on the fence sort of book for me. The writing of it hooked you in and made you think but I absolutely hated what happened in the end. The plot was good but as I said I didn’t like some 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
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‘Noughts & Crosses’ Critical Essay – Sympathy for Callum Introduction In your introduction you should mention the following: • The title of the play • The author (in this case who adapted the novel into a play and the original author of the text) • Refer to the question‚ using the wording where necessary‚ to explain what your essay will look at and specify any particular techniques that you will be concentrating on N.B. Try to avoid common introduction clichés‚ such as ‘A play I have
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Comparing noughts and crosses by Malorie Blackman to Romeo and Juliet Noughts and Crosses is reminiscent of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Noughts & Crosses is a modern-day tale set in an alternative world where you are either a ’Cross’ with dark skin or a ’nought’ with white skin. It is a book about race‚ power and 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
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winner or loser! In a similar way‚ this novel is an illustration of the tic-tac-toe board as a society‚ in which your perceptions about people are dominated by prejudice and discrimination. At a glance‚ this novel may seem like a narration which cannot be correlated with an adolescent’s life but it impacts the reader’s perceptions on the prejudice which our society masks. Adolescence is a time when a person’s morals and opinions are formed and this novel can influence upon your judgements dramatically
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