Noughts and crosses quotes

Question 1

Sephy? (3)

Answer 1

Daughter of kamal and jasmine hadley, a rich cross (black) , privilege

Question 2

Callum ? (3)

Answer 2

Poor nought (white), son of meggie and Ryan mcgregor , hardships, prejudice

Question 3

Theme of hope (long q) (5)

Answer 3

• core of novel,
• inspires characters to have hope. Fight for justice. Hope and absence of hope shapes a character
• it influences people, shapes worldviews,
• Calum: absence of hope = heathcroft = discrimination = loses faith even more = liberation militia.
• sephy: loses hope = alcohol. Then changes her life and gains hope at chivers for integration.

Question 4

Hope quotes (2)

Answer 4

• dreams of living in a fair world with no more discrimination, no more prejudice, a fair police force, an equal justice system, equality of education, equality of life, a level playing field.-callum
• meggie forced herself to believe that things would be better for the children, otherwise what was the point of it all ?- narrator prologue

Question 5

Racism/prejudice/discrimination (3) quotes

Answer 5

• noughts… even the word is negative. Nothing.nil.zero.nonentities. It wasn’t a name we have chosen for ourselves. It was a name we’d been given. -Callum (ch4)

-why was it when noughts committed criminal acts, the fact that they were noughts was always pointed out ?-callum

• I used to comfort myself with the belief it was only certain individuals with their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of us. But how many individuals does it take before it’s not the individuals that are prejudice, but society itself?