He dated, tricked and cheated on Kya (he was seeing someone else so he wouldnt introduce her to people and got engaged while he continued letting her believe he wanted to marry her). Since the book is written in 3rd person, it wouldnt make sense for tate to pretend to be shocked since there is no audience there to see his reaction. As far as her not showing remorse for killing Chase, after Chase bruised her face and and tried to assault her, she went to the reading house, she watched and thought about insects killing their mates. I dont think Chase was indifferent about Kya. How did Chase die in Where the Crawdads Sing. What happened to Kyas father? Her lawyer argued that the red fibres couldve been on Chase for four years (he didnt know how long shed had the hat) which is partly why she was acquitted. Where the Crawdads Sing is a bestselling novel that sold over a million copies in 2019. Im still curious why Chase wore the necklace. My point is, she couldnt have deposited fibers more than four years ago, and wouldnt Tate know that she couldnt possibly have deposited fibers from a red hat that he gave her only recently unless she was involved? Did she have his phone number? why was Chases wife never mentioned after his death or at the trial? How did Kya lure Chase to the tower to kill him? I have thoroughly enjoyed the book and will certainly endeavour to read others. 2. One with the fibers and the other with the hat. The one in particular that I liked but dont really understand is the one that starts off Sunsets are never simple. Another is Child to child, eye to eye Unless, I missed something. At trial, theres a discussion of whether this was feasible in 50 minutes. The title refers to a place "far in the bush where the critters are wild, still behaving like critters." Crawdads are therefore a symbol of maintaining a connection to the natural state rather than being shaped and formed into something tamer and more acceptable to society. they tried to have children but couldnt conceive. The poem is titled 'The Firefly'. Back in the day they used to have these things called phone books where you could find peoples phone numbers. Even if the author were to tell me in person, I dont believe the character of Kya was capable of planning such an intricate plan. Petit fours, blackberry jam, Sugar Daddy (candy), caramel cake. Another part of the poem reads, 'The last step, a trap./ I thought he was the murderer and they were arresting him, but that didnt happen. from him. It ended up getting in at 1:40 P.M. at night (meaning, its an 1 hour and 35 minute bus ride). I wanted to say that I think another reason the ski cap was such a big deal was to make the reader think that maybe Tate could have killed chase. -Graham S. The timeline below shows where the symbol Fireflies appears in, The next day, she continues to wait, listening for his boat. Even if we succeed in technical fields and wear shoes when we are required to do so we know where our souls are. Boat there? Did the lawyer know Kya was guilty before the trial?/after the trial?/ not at all! Do you believe that Kya killed her father? She was abandoned to survive by herself, and she has who do you think you are?! Great movie. Where the Crawdads Sing is set in the fictional coastal fishing town of Barkley Cove in eastern North Carolina. Chases mother is the one that pushed the necklace theory to the cops after all. Very probably she used the phone in the city at the hotel to call him to meet her there. Im curious How do you explain the significance of the necklace, then? Is Kyas published Seashell book shown in the movie an actual published book by another author? . I cant shake off the feeling that theres part of him, deeply buried, that genuinely cared for Kya and was touched by the gift. Chases wife shocked at the murder she just commuted and furious that Kya a marsh girl had captivated her husband, she sets out to lay the necklace on Kyas front porch as a means of Chases final good buy to Kya and to possibly frame her. Three days later. She did what nature would do when faced with a life or death fight she took out the predator. The book was Brilliant! As she watches this, she sees that females in nature have a certain power that they can lord over males, since males are so eager to mate with them that they overlook certain dangers. Ky probably took the hat in the end. She concealed the bruises as her Mother did. Xx. Her large eyes nearly black, 192 I dont recall her being at the trial or questioned or anything. She never expressed vanity before. When Kya met Chase she was surprised by how much she wanted to be with him. For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. One by one, they walked out their life. I think he just wasnt man enough to go against everyone elses expectations of him and stand up for her and be with her. Struggling with distance learning? (including. When I was a young girl growing up in south Georgia, my mother encouraged my girlfriends and mewhether we were exploring on foot or riding our horsesto venture as far into the oak forests as we could go. I loved the book and just saw the movie last week. At end of movie showing credits etc. Presumably though, she saw it as some symbol of her relationship with Chase, possibly a representation of her taking back something (her dignity, her pride, her sense of safety, her sense of self worth, etc.) Does Kyas attorney suspect that Kya killed Chase? After all, Tate taught Kya that poetry can make people feel something, meaning that she actively tried to connect on an emotional level with the people of Barkley Cove by publishing her poems in the local paper. I think she was imitating the female preying mantis, she was always talking about. First a question, Then an answer, Finally an end. Kya is described to have dark tan skin (which makes sense because shes outside all day), dark brown eyes, full lips and black hair. I think Kya called Chase to organise a meet up. He just dont want to confront her knowing that she had trust issues and the moment he start to question what she had done, he knew she probably retreat and ran away for good. How did Chase get to the fire tower. Theres a short/quick version and a longer, more detailed version. Could it be that she had no memory? (!) Me too. Was this to make us think Tate killed Chase? She could have climbed the Tower and Chase could have been no upset and accidentally fell down the grate and when his mom reached out to grab him all the grabbed was the necklace. Reading through the comments I noticed that no one has questioned a mental breakdown as a possibility for Kya and murdering Chase Andrews. ), Summary and Review for Where the Crawdads Sing, Everything We Know about the Where the Crawdads Sing Movie. He was, after all, the one who got the marsh girls cherry. Her poem, about the fireflies, later at the end of the novel, makes it clear that she did kill him and even looked in his eyes as he fellat first she says she saw surprise or a questioning look, then his eyes recognized or realized what and why, and finally his eyes looked at another world. Most of us learn to pronounce words we have read by connecting them to language we have heard. However, seems to me when Tate discovers the poetry under the floorboards his astonishment isnt that Kya is the poet but that she knew Tates secret, hes was the murderer. Was the necklace hidden under floorboards in her book? What happened to Chases boat..where would Kya have hidden it,?surely it was used to to get to yhd tower. Thats a very good theory. He wasnt anything a man should be . What are the titles of all the books Kya (Catherine Danielle Clark) wrote throughout her lifetime? Even face jail or the death penalty. "Where the Crawdads Sing" doesn't draw directly on Owens's time in Africa, but there are echoes of her work as a naturalist. She set it up for a night time meeting. I would really like to understand the meaning of some of the poems in the book. She saw that she did not want to, nor did she deserve to, live in fear because a predator decided to target her. thank you so much for your thoughts! Hi this is great! Its also a phrase that the character of Tate says in the book. Im so curious how she never got pregnant and why nothing was ever said about her having children! Entitled to womens bodies, unable to empathize, needing to dominate, rape when rejected, etc. I have gotten so many e-mails and comments about this red hat that (a full year after reading this!) Because Pa would get drunk and beat on his mother. I find it interesting that Kyas family had abandoned her, so she longed for family, then she was not able to create a family of her own, outside of Tate. I saw someone comment about the possibility of a mental breakdown and split personalities. As her family abandons her one by one, she learns to survive on her own. From the book: Well, we better hide way out there where the crawdads sing. What was it used for? What did she mean by we already are like the geese. And she never gets sick..,only steps on a rusted nail once. Good question. Even more awful movie. I think you can assume that either a) Kya ended up with it when she and Tate were tossing it around or b) Kya ended up with it at some other point that she was hanging out with Tate. Where they her children or her sibling(s) and their children? I wonder if he at first resisted be as he had true feelings and respect for her but then succumbed to the toxic masculinity pressures. Jumpins wife. Thats all. She probably called him over telephone or left a note in her shack. That would explain why he didnt know it was Kya until the end. She was always offering her dresses, shoes etc. Where the Crawdads Sing is a 2018 novel by Delia Owens. See the archives. Her past work (as a wildlife scientist in Africa), as well as the title of this novel, are a reflection of this. It is the law of nature ( which she is a student of) to kill to survive. She was a person with no experience in that area. She was afraid and did nothing like that feeling. Her character was a survivor. She thought the insects knew how to deal with their mates. She said we already are like the geese. If she were innocent she could have figured out what happened then writing her poem later. Its exemplary! When she realized that Chase had become a threat to her wellbeing, then, she lured him into a trap, sending him falling through the hatch in the fire tower. He realizes the poet was Kya, writing under a nom de plume all these years. The 2 shrimpers testified that Kya came out of the woods yelling that if Chase touched her again, shed kill him. I must have missed something. Why was she not a subject, at the trial, or even say why her husband was gone from her side out in the marsh? Kyas source of sorrow was being abandoned. Observing this, females mate more often with these alpha males (Chase). Tate would have figured or even heard Chase bragging about the necklace so he could have ripped it off and thrown it some place around the fire tower. Just how it is. Then after all that, he later goes back to see her and attempts to sexually assault her. Evil was not in play, just life pulsing on, even at the expense of some of the players. Yeah..thats a missing one..The shrimpers saw kya alone in the boat driving towards tower..so chase either came in his boat or by truck or bike..But nothing is mentioned about it.So maybe he was dropped from a truck or bike from his friends or something or there is a secret route from Barkley Clove to fire tower which he covered by walking as it is mentioned fire tower is close to the town. What was the dollar amount of the check Kya received from her publisher for her first book? How is that possible? I realize were led to believe that Kya killled Chase. The return bus departed at 2:30. Just finished the book. Not one major hurricane ( heck, I live inland on the Alabama/Georgia line outside Atlanta, and we have hurricanes here all the time they take down major trees, and blow homes apart. Thank you for pursuing the movies making. Yes, its real and now Federally protected wonder where one could encounter many now-endangered species. Thanks for your post and answers, very helpful!! Where the Crawdads Sing PDF is a novel by Delia Owens. Growing up in the south, myself, and no stranger to opinionated, holier-than-thou, judgmental and racist people, I get this, but it never-the-less infuriates me (even in a work of fiction). She as alone out there completely vulnerable and became hypervigilant about every sound. I saw them change. Also, commenter Si Aspen adds: On pg 222, there is a conversation between Kya and Jumpin. But Price also says there was a skinny passenger on that bus who couldve been a tall woman disguised as a man. Once more, then, it becomes clear that even the most individualistic people yearn for some kind of human connection, regardless of what form it takes. From the book: 1. In the last chapter of the book, everything ties together and cuts some loose ends. I just finished the book and I thought I got the idea that it was Tate who killed Chase and Kya knew this all along I also based it on that one time Jodie told Kya back when Tate was only 7 or 8 and how he protected Kya against her Pa by screaming at him. He probably walked. i just watched the movie yesterday, planning on reading the book but I havent yet. I know thats superficial to the performance but still- a girl, then woman who spends time in the outdoors would have a tan! It represented what he took from her. She had no vaccines, but little enough interactions with other humans that she could have avoided contracting illnesses or diseases. I think that Kya would have no idea there would be fibers from the hat on Chases clothing. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. omg this is such a good point, I didnt think of it before Ive updated the post to reflect your comment, Where does the white canoe fit in the plot. The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kya, a woman who lives a simple life in a North Carolina marsh who is accused of killing her ex-boyfriend Chase Andrews. (See the map at the end of this post.) Set in 1950s and 1960s North Carolina, the narrative blends . They looked so beautiful! Biology sees right and wrong as the same color in different light.. They somehow end up at the fire tower arguing or trying to make up. Yeah its pretty possible..If Kya is using disguises she must have went to the town or somebody had to buy it for her.And if she went to town to buy disguises..we would have more witnesses.So probably somebody helped her and since only Jumpin knew this..it might be him. From Mas book maybe..it had pictures of birds with their names and the rest facts..she had good observational skills. Especially since driving to Raleigh makes more sense? For this reason, Kya finds herself capable of finally coming to terms with her mothers departure, bidding her farewell once and for all because she realizes that she has done just fine without Ma. Did the letter tell pa and he went after her? Awful book. And Tate ended up with it, right? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); I think the question of why Kya chooses to kill Chase (and whether it was justified) is something thats up for book clubs to debate. Remember she is really good at giving people the slip, so he never saw her leave or come back. There are certain people who cant stand to lose, and who feel entitled to make their victims pay for fighting back. From the trial in the book, we know that it is a 1 hour and 35 minute bus ride away (when traveling in the middle of the night with presumably no traffic) from Greenville, NC. Witherspoon told Vanity Fair in. And in the last chapter, it seems like Tate and Kya never had the conversation about what happened to Chase, is only when she died that he knew that was her. Kya is acquitted of murder charges and granted freedom at the movie's end . Interesting thoughts, but I see it differently. He did wear the shell necklace every day from the time she gave it to him, even for the year after she dumped him. Summary and Review for Where the Crawdads Sing. That seems to indicate she may have asked him how to use it in order to contact Chase. A poem titled "The Firefly" reveals that Kya murdered Chase . Berta. Delia Owens. They can describe the incident IN DETAIL, even years after it has happened. Not too soon after, the townspeople suspect who they call . Although the hotel clerk testifying she wasnt sure how to use a phone could indicate that she did. Pretty far fetched. Anyone elses interpretation of what that scene was meant to convey? I do not recommend this book or this author. But, disguises, bus schedules, etc. Some like that can you tell me exactly what she says or writes ?? From my perspective, she didnt name the stakes Chase did when he attacked her physically and went on to trash her home. Where the Crawdads Sing is both a coming-of-age novel and a crime drama in which Owens explores the complex circumstances that Catherine "Kya" Clark must endure as she grows . Was it just a mistake that late in the book it says Jumpin tells Kya the day after she gets back from her trip that Chase is dead and everyone is talking about the shell necklace he always wore being missing. Kya should have left all together if she was being mistreated, etc. The females got what they wantedfirst a mate, then a mealjust by changing their signals. He may even have cared for Kya more in his shallow, selfish way. Thats my theory. Why did he have dinner with his mother without his wife ? She was always by herself, her father rarely talked and she could not read. I understood the one about The Firefly, and Broken Gull of Brandon Beach, but failed to get a handle on some of the others. Teachers and parents! And we fell in love with Kya. I cant figure out if it was an alter ego, expression of guarded vulnerability, or pride/vanity because she didnt want people to know how she felt about being treated so poorly. According to this aquarium, Crawdads (also known as Crayfish) make produce sounds through their scaphognathite, which is a thin appendage that draws water through the gill cavity. The way the content is organized. I was wondering if calling Chase Chase was a symbolic choice. I think Kya didnt want to take the stand because she killed him . Instant downloads of all 1682 LitChart PDFs What do you think about Chase and his true feelings for Kya? :). Also, why would we had heard so much about the firefly sending false signals to mates only to eat them when they came close? I think Chase was looking for her & went to the fire tower looking for her & the tower, being unsafe, he accidentally fell to his death. Otherwise, GREAT book! In giftshops throughout the region. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Produced by Reese Witherspoon's production company, Hello Sunshine, and Sony, with a worldwide release on July 15, the anticipated film adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing is finally here! Folks hear n see almost everything. Why was it all about his mother. Did Tate know this all along? Only Patti and Sam are at the verdict. Now that hes gone, shes finally able to recognize just how important his role was in her life, and this ultimately helps her see that she managed to survive her childhood without her biological parents. Did Chase fall backwards or headfirst through the grate? He didnt want their relationship to end, but he couldnt imagine bringing her into his world in town. What race is the character of Kya, on pg 222, there is a conversation between Kya and Jumpin. According to the story, it ended up on Tates boat. They are both inaccurate and insulting, not to mention kind of (unintentionally, Im sure) racist. I think like the reply on the comment above, it was a trophy for him. Kyas alibi is that she was in Greenville, meeting with her publisher, on the day Chase was killed. On top of all that, she plots, and gets away with murder? I wanted to feel he was relieved and understood. 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