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
Leaving his lunch half eaten, Callum frantically walks and then runs out of the school. He runs all the way to the beach, where he collapses and punches the sand until his fists are bleeding. He wishes the sand was Sephy’s face.
The spot on the beach has formerly been a place where Callum felt safe and secure. Now, it’s a place to think of Sephy—and take out some of his anger at her.
Themes
