Did she think she was pregnant? Falcons and many other beings as well. OK, I just finished the book for the first time. The sheriff came to tell him his father was dead. He wasnt anything a man should be . These males, the article explains, are known as sneaky fuckers, and end up alone. Perhaps Kaya discovered him dead before the police, and took the necklace from him. I dont know, I think theres more depth to him Almost like Kyas dad, in those moments in the novel where he was decent and not a complete monster. Then tried to assault her again and she pushed him in self defense and he fell accidentally. Quick and just. I have been looking this up for a couple of days now and yours was the first comment I found in this regard. 2. Hello- love your explanations. With so little time to do all that, how did she know that Chase would be at the Tower? (I know, I know) One flaw I see is that we know when the red has is introduced in the story line, and it was after her relationship ended with Chase. I also had this issue of loved ones leaving so I would always forgive Kya. No mention is made of his fancy ski being seen that night or mussing. Unrecorded persons for four centuries to die no Where the Crawdads Sing, Tate two., just life pulsing on, even at the expense of some of the better ones either AP! What color hair did kya have. What did he see when he was walking at night. In The '50s, Kya Clark is a young girl living in a shack in the marsh near the small town of Barkley Cove, North Carolina. Take it to the bank Swamp folks dont cotton to city folk. She could have been watching somewhere and ran over after confirming he was dead.. She even asks the guy to double check for the necklace, but he states it was never there, he never saw it. At the end of the trail when Kya was leaving the court room, the camera focused on her hand laying on her stomach. So, it . He will beat her probably beyond recognition, raped her and even kill her to satisfy his sick ego. Where the Crawdads Sing is a bestselling novel that sold over a million copies in 2019. I guess some woman may have been attracted to that but I doubt it. All the evidence was circumstantial. Do they in fact exist? Where the Crawdads Sing is a tale of immense loneliness. Was he put in jail or killed? She's accused of murdering Chase Andrews (Harris. Same when Chase had dinner with mother she wasnt there. He realizes the poet was Kya, writing under a nom de plume all these years. Kya knew judgment had no place here. A while after that Kya ends up getting arrested, but Jodie is already in her life by then so he supports her through the trial. Even more awful movie. Instead, she passes away at 64 while shes out in a boat collecting stuff (her heart had quietly stopped). How did Kyl get the red hat? How would he know that information only one day after Chase had passed. What happened to Kyas father? I do not recommend this book or this author. This ultimately enables her to avoid feeling helpless against the possibility that Chase might come and try to rape her for a second time. Then he finds a shell necklace that Kya made for Chase hidden in her shack. 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. She went to the white school where she saw the other white girls at lunch. Kyas situation was absolutely a do or die scenario and she chose not to lie down and let the marsh erase her existence. Before the incident she unleashed her being lied to and left. I think she was imitating the female preying mantis, she was always talking about. Again from the book: Did she call him?write him? Kya had a lot of reasons to dislike Chase. 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. How clever of her to take it back and hide its existence. She wanted me to experience true nature, to find that place where the deer and foxes still behaved as they always had in the wild. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. Shes petting the resident cat who visits her in her cell. She took the necklace back as a way of taking back her power from him. The central plot of Where the Crawdads Sing the "strong storyline" Owens alludes to in her BookPage interview is Kya's murder trial. Do you think he agreed with the murder or felt differently about her in anyway as a result? I didnt get that. If the red hat is the one Tate tossed with her, or even gave her later that would mean Tate knew she was at the crime scene when they mentioned it in court. I do not believe Kya killed Chase. Beyond that, after the sexual assault, she worries that he will feel the need to have the last word after she left him sprawled on the dirt, and she doesnt want to live in fear waiting for him to come at her again (Shed learned over and over from Pa: these men had to have the last punch. I really liked this novel, but I really had to suspend judgement and give the author a lot of leeway. She Could have followed Chase out there in a boat similar to Kyas Who are the kids that are shown briefly at the end of the movie? So the fibers were actually the smoking gun. Im confused about the red ski cap. I wanted to feel he was relieved and understood. I saw someone comment about the possibility of a mental breakdown and split personalities. As Tate goes to look through her possessions he finds a hidden compartment with poems by a local author (these are referenced throughout the book). She came home and heard about the murder and Realized it was Tate and being an expert in the swamp covered up the footprints in the marsh and wore the fibers to clean it up to protect Tate. Did he die? This paper will investigate how Where the Crawdads Sing subtly includes ecological concerns. Yes..I agree its not in tune with Kyas character but throughout the book from Pa treating Ma harshly,Ma living her kids alone to survive, to fireflies mating process Kya learned that she didnt want to live in fear like Ma-waiting where the next fist would hit..Either Chase had to leave her forever which he wouldnt as he claims that she belongs to him..or she had to live Marsh forever..But Marsh was her only home..not just home but something close to mother.The wilderness taught her she had to find a way to survive-from fireflies giving deceiving signals to second mates and later killing them..the fireflies indeed knew a way to deal with their lovers.Kya learned more by nature than humans(she never really lived with them as they never accepted her the way she is like the marsh).So she accepted and played by the rule of nature than civil human moral code..So she had to kill Chase in order to survive and protect her.More importantly this is more about how situations influence Kyas decision than her character..she had no choice as nobody would believe her harrassment story and Chase would never stop. The fire tower is close to town. He had a bad heart, maybe a heart attack. Even face jail or the death penalty. According to this mindset, living things must do whatever it takes to survive, even if this sometimes requires acting mercilessly. As her family abandons her one by one, she learns to survive on her own. She kills him to survive because she knows he will eventually hunt and eat her/kill her. Agree. The shell was missing from the body. I believe this scuffle on the dock couldve been the exchange in fibers from Tates red hat. I assume the old lady on the 2:30 a.m. bus from Barkley Cove to Greenville was Kya in disguise. How did it get to Kyas shack? Obviously was not necessary unless to make us think. I just finished reading and Im pretty sure it says that they held up the plastic bags up in court. I work in the dental field, it is extremely likely that someone with a natural diet who eats very little sugar wouldnt have cavities. (If you google this question, the city of Asheville sometimes comes up as the answer, but that is not accurate. How do Kya And Chase know to meet at the Fire Tower when he was killed? Also she wasnt a big part of the story, only in it to show that he was adulterous. So kya definitely killed Chase. After the final scene in the movie pointing to Kya having killed Chase, I wondered about the relevance of the day he-the lawyer saw the two men hugging by the boat and his reaction afterwards seemed like something perplexed him but also left the feeling that he had found a missing puzzle piece. Im still so confused about the movie and book I think I have to go wash the book I mean read the book and go see the movie afterwards being a male it doesnt interest me much but the book was so famous sold a lot of copies just like Harry Potter and Fifty Shades of Gray which both of those I dislike so much I started reading some of it and I just didnt like it and I did the same thing with this book started reading it didnt like it went to watch the movie walked out out of it in 15 minutes I guess I have to see the movie from the beginning and to the end to understand what its all about? At that point, it becomes a symbol of Kya taking herself back or taking back the power in their relationship (or her dignity or something else) which could be the reason she would want to keep this symbol of her reclaiming something she feels he took from her. Was he realizing she was guilty after all? Later on Tate gives Kya the red hat after asking if shes cold, thats how she gains possession of the red hat. Hi! At one point, the book also mentioned Kya took a trip to a library and the librarian had to get her requested books from the university library. Observing this, females mate more often with these alpha males (Chase). she should have been locked away. They somehow end up at the fire tower arguing or trying to make up. Kya is acquitted of murder charges and granted freedom at the movie's end . The small moments, when he played harmonica, are glimpses of when he had a soul as Kya put it, and these were the parts of him that maybe Kya brought out and that was partially why he was also caught up with her. Given that Kya later uses this same tactic of seduction to kill Chase (who has become a threatening presence in her life), it becomes clear that Kya sees fireflies as examples of female predation and strength. And her meager shack ( that was not the best in the first place ) never leaks; the front steps never rot. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. Kya knew judgment had no place here. As Pa would have it, Kya had to be taught a lesson. Chase would not let this go. I didnt think this until I watched the movie. Could Chase have fallen because the grate was removed by her but she wasnt there but came back to get the necklace? She saw the world differently because of how she was raised. His wife ends up pushing her husband Chase off the tower that night. Thats why she refused to say she murdered him. She assessed Chase as this type of person, and her understanding was that it was either her or him. Thanks! Why does Chase Andrews have a different last name than his parents? Jodie shows up because he saw the book that Kya published. She's accused of murdering Chase Andrews (Harris Dickinson), a former quarterback and local golden boy in their small town of Barkley Cove, after he's found dead at the bottom of a fire tower in the marsh. Where the Crawdads Sing: . Where is Chases wife in all the drama after Chase is found dead? What was the dollar amount of the check Kya received from her publisher for her first book? Im sure thats something she just didnt know about and did not think of at the time. Who knows for sure, but she didnt seem she could or would have been able to do the whole bus thing. Thank you! Hence the whole story and the plot while living in the swamp. Follow along on Goodreads, or keep in touch via the newsletter. why was Chases wife never mentioned after his death or at the trial? there was an older lady, tall like Miss Clark, who had gray hair, short with curls, like a permanent wave. p.315. The book covers and Kyas illustrations throughout the movie were stunning. Even if we succeed in technical fields and wear shoes when we are required to do so we know where our souls are. But Price also says there was a skinny passenger on that bus who couldve been a tall woman disguised as a man. Chases wife then gets upset when she sees with her own eyes he really does not love love her, but Kya the marsh girl.. Kya took possession of the shell. She has just spent a day in court where red, wool ( hat ) fibers were discussed and brought in as evidence against her. Anyone elses interpretation of what that scene was meant to convey? Looking forward to a beautiful movie. The necklace ties Kya to the murder because Chase was supposed to have worn it all the time, but it was missing from the scene of the crime. from him. However, I think the deep love and protectiveness Tate felt for Kya all her life would not have allowed him to put her through the trial and possibility of life in prison or the death penalty. The night her mum sends a letter he gets drunk and abusive again so did Kya go into survival mode again? I think either its a confession from kya or kya knew Tate did it and she meant for him to find the poems she had written with a fake name. Where the Crawdads Sing PDF is a novel by Delia Owens. Her plan called for Tate to be a suspect also, likely even to be the foremost suspect. People often die the way they live, so these are good theory. i would imagine it has something to do with her fear of abandonment, as she asks the cat please dont leave when it enters her cell. The village grows into a city, but Tate and Kya never visit either way. So, that means there was a 50 minute window for Kya to get from the bus station to the fire tower, kill Chase and return. A poem titled "The Firefly" reveals that Kya murdered Chase . Did tate still love kya even after finding out that she killed chase andrew. i get what happened and why with all he hints throughout about Kyas thought on Nature and lovers etc. Struggling with distance learning? 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.) At trial, expert evidence is given that the fibers could have been transferred at any time and just remained stuck on there for years (even if washed), so they arent definitive proof that Kya was with Chase the night he died. How is that possible? What dya mean, where the crawdads sing? Then it was all win the sex, brag about it, lie to get it, etc. Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. Thanks. Page 98 Was this to make us think Tate killed Chase? En dit in alle eenzaamheid. Carolins wild creatures (the valentines and mantis) taught her that killing is not really a sin, but a natural instinct to survive. In the movie, following Kya's death, Tate uncovers Chase's missing shell necklace and poems written by Kya in their home on the Marsh. In the months before he eventually tricks her into having sex with him, it seems he actually is falling in love with her, for the first time able to be a real person and see the world in a new way. even at the expense of some of the players.. points out below, it may have been via phone because during the trial, the hotel manager, Mr. Lang Furlough, mentions that she was oddly unfamiliar with how to use the telephone. Teachers and parents! Discovering Amanda Hamilton, Poet in Where the Crawdads Sing. Its exemplary! Why did Kya keep the necklace after she killed Chase? He loved her like is own daughter and he said he deserved to die for what he did. I cant find it in the book but did Chase ransack Kyas home as he did in the film? I find myself feeling such hatred for all of the townspeople who are prejudiced and mean to her, calling her marsh trash proclaiming loudly in my car (all by myself) Hey you A***ole!! How did Chase get to the fire tower that night? After having been beaten by Chase and him declaring that she belonged to him, she knew that she would have to endure repeated rapes and beatings or death if she refused. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. Biology sees right and wrong as the same color in different light. Ever. One by one, they walked out their life. Slow-moving creeks wander, carrying the orb of the sun with them to the sea, and long-legged birds lift with unexpected graceas though not built to flyagainst the roar of a . Ie. 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. 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