Noughts and Crosses

Noughts and Crosses

by

Malorie Blackman

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Dionne Character Analysis

Dionne is a year above Sephy at Heathcroft. After Sephy attempts to sit with the noughts at lunch, she, Lola, and Joanne brutally beat Sephy up. Several years later, after he joins the Liberation Militia, Callum gets revenge on the three of them—and make sure Dionne, who was the most violent of the three, suffers the most. It’s unclear if he kills them or just tortures them in some other way.

Dionne Quotes in Noughts and Crosses

The Noughts and Crosses quotes below are all either spoken by Dionne or refer to Dionne. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Racism, Division, and Tragedy Theme Icon
).
Chapter 17 Quotes

“I’ll find out who did this and when I do—they’ll be really, really sorry.” And the look in my sister’s eyes told me that she was serious. Deadly serious. For the first time since the three pigs had started laying into me, I felt almost good. Minnie had never been on my side like this before. It was almost—but not quite—worth it if it meant Minnie and I would grow closer…

“No one touches a Hadley. No one,” Minnie stormed. “If they think they can get to you with no comeback, then it won’t be long before someone tries it on with me. I won’t have that.”

My tentative bubble of well-being was well and truly burst.

Related Characters: Minerva “Minnie” Hadley (speaker), Sephy Hadley, Joanne, Lola, Dionne
Page Number: 100
Explanation and Analysis:
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Dionne Quotes in Noughts and Crosses

The Noughts and Crosses quotes below are all either spoken by Dionne or refer to Dionne. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Racism, Division, and Tragedy Theme Icon
).
Chapter 17 Quotes

“I’ll find out who did this and when I do—they’ll be really, really sorry.” And the look in my sister’s eyes told me that she was serious. Deadly serious. For the first time since the three pigs had started laying into me, I felt almost good. Minnie had never been on my side like this before. It was almost—but not quite—worth it if it meant Minnie and I would grow closer…

“No one touches a Hadley. No one,” Minnie stormed. “If they think they can get to you with no comeback, then it won’t be long before someone tries it on with me. I won’t have that.”

My tentative bubble of well-being was well and truly burst.

Related Characters: Minerva “Minnie” Hadley (speaker), Sephy Hadley, Joanne, Lola, Dionne
Page Number: 100
Explanation and Analysis: