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
Callum has nothing now, not even the Liberation Militia. He still has three months before he can meet up with Morgan and Jude, and he misses them. He’s had to stop himself from going to see Mum; he knows a visit would just hurt her. Sometimes, Callum wonders what Sephy is doing in the same moment, or why she cried. He’ll never know because he’ll never see her again. These days, Callum is convinced he’s dead. He died before he started Heathcroft, and now he’s in hell. He didn’t even know it.
Now, Callum is cut off from everything that gave him meaning or purpose. He doesn’t have his family anymore, he doesn’t have Sephy, and he can’t even trust that his memories of having sex with Sephy are truly happy ones. Deciding that he’s dead is a way for Callum to hide from his emotions and not have to feel them. If he’s dead, his emotions won’t matter.
Themes
