Discrimination is one aspect of society which remains till this day. This might be the 21st century, but the sad part is
that the poor are still being discriminated against, and the whites are still preferred over the blacks. Noughts and Crosses is a story, which puts light on the same issue. The first part of the trilogy by Malorie Blackman, it is the story of two best friends, Sophie and Callum. Inseparable since childhood, Sophie and Callum grow up together in a world where both belong to two opposite statures of
society, and in their world, Noughts and Crosses don't mix.Sophie is a Cross, the daughter of Kemal Hadley, one of the most important men in society. The Crosses are the elite of the society, the ones who make the rules. The ironic part is that the Crosses are the "Blacks," the dark-skinned people. Callum is a Nought, one of the "colourless" fair skinned people. The Noughts are the lower class people of the society, who serve as servants of the Crosses. They are given almost no privileges.The story is about Sophie and Callum's friendship: how do they grow up in a world where both belong to the two extremes of society? What happens when their own families are betraying them? In a world full of lies and deceit, and with the political situation worsening by the minute, and their lives in danger, can they remain friends? Noughts and Crosses is about their experiences, the difficulties they have to go through, their feelings, their problems, and their love for each other.Malorie Blackman has written an extremely moving tale, which throws light on one of the biggest problems in the world today. Every human being deserves the best, and yet we forget that so often and have made the world what it is today. The book makes us aware how cold some of us have become... and makes us realize what can happen at the worse.It is an excellent book and while keeping you gripped throughout the story, it will make you wonder why, even though everybody is aware of the
discrimination between the two, very few people actually doing something about this?