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 wills Callum to pick up the phone. It’s nine in the morning, where is everyone? Sephy tells herself that she can just tell Callum later that in September, she’ll be gone at Chivers. Will Callum care?
Readers know that Callum is in jail still, something that Sephy isn’t aware of. She’s too focused on herself right now to consider what Callum might be going through.
Themes
