Analyse how the idea of conflict is effective shaped in Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses.
Society generally views conflict as a violent or physical dispute between one or more persons; while conflict may be physical, it can also be viewed as a conflict with oneself or racial, along with other types of conflict which can affect an individual, family and a community. Such concepts of conflict are effectively explored throughout Malorie Blackman’s ‘Noughts and Crosses’ with the use of stylistic and language features. While racial conflict has the most impact on specific characters and the plot, different types of conflict, particularly physical and inner conflict are often highlighted throughout the novel to portray certain messages. …show more content…
‘They (Callum and Sephy) were good friends playing together. No barriers. No boundaries. Not yet anyway.’ The use of foreshadowing and the repetition of the word ‘ no ’ portrays the view in which conflict was not always present, but is about to occur, in the mean time, the characters are oblivious to the racial future which is ahead of them this is conveyed with the repetition of ‘ no ’ by using this specific word, it depicts the total absence of conflict. This portrays that the conflict between the Noughts and Crosses and how it hasn't always been present within their lives. The last statement ‘not yet anyway’ ultimately conveys that something will cause such conflict to erupt, but the reader is unsure of what the cause is. While racial conflict is absent throughout the prologue, the reader is still able to identify a sense of upcoming conflict.
In conclusion, the idea of conflict is effectively shaped throughout Maloire Blackmans ‘Noughts and crosses’ with the use of several stylistic and language features. Racial conflict is specifically portrayed within the novel to convey the impact on characters and how it alters the way they think and act, she is able to highlight the effect of racial conflict on both characters and the plot line to convey certain messages to the
Society generally views conflict as a violent or physical dispute between one or more persons; while conflict may be physical, it can also be viewed as a conflict with oneself or racial, along with other types of conflict which can affect an individual, family and a community. Such concepts of conflict are effectively explored throughout Malorie Blackman’s ‘Noughts and Crosses’ with the use of stylistic and language features. While racial conflict has the most impact on specific characters and the plot, different types of conflict, particularly physical and inner conflict are often highlighted throughout the novel to portray certain messages. …show more content…
‘They (Callum and Sephy) were good friends playing together. No barriers. No boundaries. Not yet anyway.’ The use of foreshadowing and the repetition of the word ‘ no ’ portrays the view in which conflict was not always present, but is about to occur, in the mean time, the characters are oblivious to the racial future which is ahead of them this is conveyed with the repetition of ‘ no ’ by using this specific word, it depicts the total absence of conflict. This portrays that the conflict between the Noughts and Crosses and how it hasn't always been present within their lives. The last statement ‘not yet anyway’ ultimately conveys that something will cause such conflict to erupt, but the reader is unsure of what the cause is. While racial conflict is absent throughout the prologue, the reader is still able to identify a sense of upcoming conflict.
In conclusion, the idea of conflict is effectively shaped throughout Maloire Blackmans ‘Noughts and crosses’ with the use of several stylistic and language features. Racial conflict is specifically portrayed within the novel to convey the impact on characters and how it alters the way they think and act, she is able to highlight the effect of racial conflict on both characters and the plot line to convey certain messages to the