Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Noughts and Crosses, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Racism, Division, and Tragedy
Awareness and Privilege
Love, Lust, Power, and Violence
Friendship
Youth, Innocence, and Growing Up
Family
Summary
Analysis
Sephy’s pursuers are getting closer. She hides behind a tree as Jude stops nearby. He tells her that they’re miles away from civilization, and if she comes back, he won’t harm her. Sephy stays quiet and thinks she hears Jude moving further away. He implies that if she doesn’t reveal herself and they find her, they’ll kill her. After a few minutes, Sephy turns to go the opposite direction as Jude—and comes face to face with Callum. Callum shouts that he sees Sephy heading back for the cabin, and Sephy hears Morgan and Jude running away.
It's impossible to tell if Jude is telling the truth about not killing Sephy—Jude hasn’t shown himself to be forthcoming or honest with Callum, and he has even less incentive to be honest with Sephy. But things start to look up for Sephy when Callum sends Jude and Morgan running in the opposite direction. This is proof that Callum’s loyalty has shifted to Sephy, at least in this instance.
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Callum takes Sephy’s hands, points out Orion’s Belt in the sky, and tells her to keep it behind her until she reaches the road. He refuses to stay and discuss anything, but Sephy tells him to wait: she’s seen the man with the fancy boots with Mr. Hadley before.
Tipping Callum off to the fact that Andrew might be a double agent is something Sephy does because she loves Callum. She doesn’t support the LM, but she doesn’t want to see Callum hurt by this man.
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