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Chapter 72
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
Finally, the trial ends and the jury go to consider their verdict. Sephy flips through channels, looking for anything that will bring her as up to date as possible. All commentators think Ryan is guilty, but none of them say so outright. It’s so annoying. When Minnie complains about Sephy changing channels, Sephy goes upstairs to watch alone. Ryan isn’t guilty. Why does Sephy feel like the only Cross to believe that?
Sephy again reads as very naïve and young here, particularly when she can’t figure out why she’s the only Cross who thinks Ryan is innocent. Sephy is probably one of only a handful of Crosses who thinks Ryan is innocent. Further, Sephy believes her society’s court system is fair—but that reflects her innocence, not the truth.
Themes
