The Turning

Chapter 2 and of Noughts and Crosses.

In Chapter 2 ‘The Turning’ continues from Callum and Sephy. We see Shania talking to Callum about how Sephy was beaten up in the girls bathroom and was taken home. We see Shania’s perspective of the entire situation from Sephy getting beaten up and her stunt of sitting with the Noughts during lunch time. Callum is shocked to hear what had happened with Sephy and runs to her house to visit her. He is then approached by Mrs Hadley (Sephy’s mother) who acts as if she doesn’t know Callum and gets him kicked out by Sarah her personal secretary. We then see Sephy’s point of view where she lays in bed suffering boredom while her sister comes in raging. She chucks a fit and asks who hit Sephy and tells her that no one messes with the Hadley’s. Sephy refuses to talk to her and Minerva walks out angrily. We also learn that not all Crosses completely hate the noughts. The perfect example is Mrs Paxton, Callum’s maths teacher. After we learn about Mrs Paxton, Callum and Sephy speak after a week as Sephy has returned from her recovery from being beaten up. Callum explains to Sephy about his attempts to visit Sephy during her recovery but Mrs Hadley ( Sephy’s mum) had kicked him out multiple times because of it. Mrs Hadley had blamed Callum for the way Sephy was treated because she sat with him on the lunch table. The two then meet up at the beach and reminisce about the past and how they went on a picnic to a festival.

This Chapter presents a lot of emotions from the characters and between the two characters. We learn that not all Crosses hate Noughts, how going against society can have numerous consequences resorting to violence and people getting injured. We also see the relationship change between Callum and Sephy. They have a deeper connection and care for each other but don’t usually show it to each other which leads them into questioning their friendship/relationship. My personal view on this is that the environment they’re surrounded in complicated everything they had and it’s irritating to see that two different races can’t accept each other and treat each other equally.