With so little time to do all that, how did she know that Chase would be at the Tower? Also, was that her in disquise on the buses? They never show the red hat in court, so Tate had no way of knowing it was his own hat. Down, down he falls, His eyes still holding mine / Until they see another world.). I think she had a mental breakdown over the years and developed split personalities. Tate sat in court every day, and said nothing when the red hat was brought up. Obviously was not necessary unless to make us think. In killing him, she likely wanted revenge, but also to reclaim some sense of power or something like that. 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. I think he might have given her clothes and food, may have discussed the tides/bus schedules/whether the moon would be out, etc.May have helped her with the logistics of it, but I do not think he thought of it ( I think it was her idea ), and I do not think he ever visited the tower other than to perhaps act as a lookout, if he was there at all. The books she wrote in the movie are these books real did Kyas actually publish books if so, under what name? No one from the town was going to believe her or protect her. I cant imagine how kya could find disguises and lure Chase on her own. It would make sense to have an accomplice. Kya had a lot of reasons to dislike Chase. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class.. I enjoyed most of the book, Where the Crawdads Sing. Money used to go a lot further than it does today, and her first check alone was for $5,000. Jodis memories growing up of stories untold, the fathers final whereabouts/news articles on possible cause death and date, other siblings whereabouts. Thought it was very well done. There, laid out carefully on cotton, was the shell necklace Chase had worn until the night he died. The comment by Jumpin is definitely an error that the author and editor didnt catch. *** (lovers is plural !). 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. Delia Owens. What do you think about Chase and his true feelings for Kya? For all the details, see Everything We Know about the Where the Crawdads Sing Movie. She looks down at her hand after petting the car for a while and sees the cats fur/fibers on her hand. (See the map at the end of this post.) Quick and just. How did Chase get to the tower before his death? Kya, who never rode a bus before, executes a plan wearing 2 disguises and taking the bus back & forth an extra time, in order to murder 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. Jumpins wife. devout fans who've bought more than 1.5. Summary and Review for Where the Crawdads Sing. Excellent commentary on the geography of North Carolina and of Kyas lack of any dialect. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. Did she call him?write him? Kyas source of sorrow was being abandoned. Not too soon after, the townspeople suspect who they call . How did Kyl get the red hat? Terrible writing. Where the Crawdads Sing: . Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. The novel received critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller. Im confused about the red ski cap. It is revealed through a poem titled 'The Firefly' that Kya was in fact the one to kill Chase. Is drawing and painting simply a hobby, or is it in some way a survival skill? The credits said it was filmed in Louisiana which is believable but Greenville is near the coast of NC and Im not sure there are marshes on the coast of NC so all that was confusing to me. This seemed realy cruel to me. She Could have followed Chase out there in a boat similar to Kyas physically fighting with Chase, and while wearing the red cap. Delia Owens may have been indirectly involved / associated with a murder in Africa, but it is unrelated to the story in Where the Crawdads Sing. It wasnt a moral choice, it was simply survival. How did kya lure chase to the fire tower in the middle of the night to kill him? First paragraph, bingo. Where the Crawdads Sing ending explained. 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). I think that it is likely that Jumpin helped Kya, as he does mention how it is good that she will be out of town and how she should let him know when she goes. :), 20 Best Book Club Books for 2022 (New & Anticipated), Best Mystery & Thriller Books for 2022 (New & Anticipated), 20 Best Books with Asian American Protagonists (for Adults), Persephone by Madeline Miller: What We Know, Books to Movies & TV in 2022: 25+ Adaptations Coming Soon, Your email address will not be published. Did Kya threaten to kill Chase before she killed him? to have sex with her, lay claim to that publicly, distance himself by objectifying and reducing her real worth to him. Also, my husband made the point that at the end it just accelerated so quickly to the part where Kya and Tate are much older with nothing in between like in the movie The Notebook. 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. Could it be that she had no memory? Kya is brilliant but simple-not knowing the ways of the world. As one of the commenters below (thanks Lindsay!) Where the Crawdads Sing is set in the fictional coastal fishing town of Barkley Cove in eastern North Carolina. 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. Did he die? She had realized that the red fibers could have been on her somehow. Kya didnt want to call him and tell him. In the movie, Jumpin rubs the red cap on his bib overall before handing it to Tate. )even at the expense of some of the players*.. I think she called him and asked him to meet her at the fire tower. even at the expense of some of the players.. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. He was married.I didnt think he truly loved Kya or he would not have abused her. Turning a poor abandoned child who was ostracized and scorned by people into a conniving murderess is just too much of a stretch especially when the author portrays Kya at just how simple she is. But Price also says there was a skinny passenger on that bus who couldve been a tall woman disguised as a man. I think she was deliberate in her decision to kill him. I always thought crawdads were birds What relevance do the crawdads have to this film Where the rawdads Sing.So am I correct in thinking that crawdads are a crayfish?? Or for that matter just stick with Greenville as the next big city. 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. Kyas full name is Catherine Danielle Clark. Instant downloads of all 1682 LitChart PDFs I think it is one of the best murder mysteries I have read. Kya is described to have dark tan skin (which makes sense because shes outside all day), dark brown eyes, full lips and black hair. The only thing tying her to the scene was the fibres from Tates red hat, that he gave her only recently. Then he finds a shell necklace that Kya made for Chase hidden in her shack. Did Kya and Tate have a child? I was always intrigued by the reasons why Chase chose to wear the shell necklace gifted by Kya all the time. Thanks for thisvery insightful and helpful. Obviously, legally it was definitely not justified. Take it to the bank Swamp folks dont cotton to city folk. Shortly after Tate abandons Kya, she observes a female firefly emit a light pattern that summons a male firefly of a different species, at which point the female firefly eats the unsuspecting male. 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. Hi! Was it under floorboards with the poetry? Kya knew judgment had no place here. Most of us learn to pronounce words we have read by connecting them to language we have heard. One mate kills another? Oh and the Firefly poem is just her observation on what may have happened to Chase and his wife, not reflection on Kya and Chases relationship. I think Kyas murder of Chase IS JUSTIFIED, because, at least in the movie, he rapes her. It stated, In another time and place, an old black man and a young white woman might have hugged. How could a 10 year old girl survive by herself in the marshes where she lived? Its never mentioned in the book or the movie. I loved this book but was hoping for more answers or a detailed account of how she lured/killed him. She probably would have not killed a critter, except for food, but killing a human being did not seem a problem. Tate never sees it. I pity any foster parents who take you on. Tates whole face smiled. "Marsh is not swamp. The way the content is organized, LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in. In fact, most of them agree that they should have been kinder to her long before the trial, thereby showing her empathy and giving her the benefit of the doubt even if some citizens still wonder how Chase died. I am unsure of what significance this was in the movie. The book doesnt explain what happened to Kyas father. On page 153 of wildlife scientist Delia Owens' novel Where the Crawdads Sing, nineteen-year-old Kya Clarkthe "Marsh Girl" of a certain section of the Carolina coastrecalls a poem by "a lesser-known poet," Amanda Hamilton:. No mention is made of his fancy ski being seen that night or mussing. Indeed, Kya spent her life secretly composing poetry and publishing it under a penname, thereby interacting with society without having to actually leave the marsh. Unless, I missed something. Yeah. (Then they stopped laughing and simply looked at each other as they lobbed the cap back and forth until she motored around the bend.). I really enjoyed this book too, and appreciate your thoughts on it! So the fibers were actually the smoking gun. Where did they find the red cap not just the fibers? Our, "Sooo much more helpful thanSparkNotes. She said we already are like the geese. You can read the poem here: The Firefly Poem Where The Crawdads Sing. How did Kya lure Chase to the tower to kill him? It seemed like a perfect name for a boy who was chasing a girl the way he was chasing Kya. If she were innocent she could have figured out what happened then writing her poem later. LitCharts Teacher Editions. I was wondering if calling Chase Chase was a symbolic choice. She was hoping that the sheriffs searched the scene thoroughly to find it. from him. She did what nature would do when faced with a life or death fight she took out the predator. Discovering Amanda Hamilton, Poet in Where the Crawdads Sing. What race is the character of Kya, on pg 222, there is a conversation between Kya and Jumpin. It wasnt my favorite book, but I think it is definitely a story of resilience. However, I wondered if Tate speculated that she did. Also, her mother had a mental breakdown so I may run in the family and under stress people change. Having been forced into the public eye during her trial, Kya retreats back into a life of relative isolation, never going to town again for the rest of her days. She never gets snake bit or breaks an arm ( most kids break an arm or a toe, or something, in their lives ). It was Tate that encourages Kya to go see her publisher and tells her to stay a couple of nights at a nice hotel and eat food you didnt cook. How is that possible? 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). The Firefly poem gives Tate the first clue that Kya might have actually been responsible for Chase's death. I mean how else did she know how to get away with it. And for the person wondering how Kya learned to speak correctly, if you read a lot, you do learnand her mother was intelligent and taught the children many things, such as never to say aint., Were the hundred dollar bills that she paid off the property with really bills that would have been used in the 1960s? She took the necklace back as a way of taking back her power from him. The novel has sold more than 12 million copies and has returned to the top of The New York Times fiction bestseller list in both print and audio. 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. Page 207 Those dudes saw her racing toward the Fire Tower and if people are out working on the marsh/ocean/whatever that late at night, they would have to pull back to the same dock, most likely. I loved the book and just saw the movie last week. That evening, she watches, Looking at Kyas poems, Tate finds one called , Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. The murder of Chase occurred in the late 1960s and even if Kya was a woman of the world and was exposed to news, crime novels, college classes, friends, etc, which she was not, I dont think she would have been aware of fiber evidence. 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. Im hosting a book club about Where the Crawdads sing and needed help remembering sweets she ate in the book. But it turns out that Amanda Hamilton, the poet in Where the Crawdads Sing, has a hidden true identity. Geese mate for life. So I sympathize with Kya, and I think even though I was not abandoned as a child, I have felt abandoned in my life, and identify with her feelings and fears of living her entire life alone and unloved. Interesting theory. They move in together, hiring someone to create a lab and make some home improvements so that they can spend their lives there. Tate must have known she murdered Chase as she had the red hat he had thrown into her boat just a month before. I didnt get that. After a long while, Chase came back and endangered her. Where the Crawdads Sing: Questions and Answers (Spoilers, Ending, Etc. Another part of the poem reads, 'The last step, a trap./ Did she think she was pregnant? (!) It is also believed that they produce sounds to alert other crayfish to predators, or to attract a second predator to prey upon the predator.. But where did Kya get a gray curly wig? So, you could see it as her taking something back from him when she killed him. Word Count: 415. There's a line toward the end of "Where the Crawdads Sing" when author Delia Owens appears to send a little wink, a mini-apology, to her readers (a.k.a. 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. -Graham S. The timeline below shows where the symbol Fireflies appears in, The next day, she continues to wait, listening for his boat. What happened to Chases boat..where would Kya have hidden it,?surely it was used to to get to yhd tower. So how did Chase get to the tower?? Just like her violent father, after Kya escapes from Chases attempted rape, she knows he wont let it end with her having the victory.He will come back even more determined to finish what he started. Instead, Tate realizes that Kya has had the necklace all along. Falcons and many other beings as well. Was it because of the beating from Chase? Either Jumpin killed him or he knew who did; and the time line is quite clear in book! She was always by herself, her father rarely talked and she could not read. I mean if his intention only for bragging in front of his friends and no feeling involved with Kya, then why he still keep the necklace until his death? When Kya met Chase she was surprised by how much she wanted to be with him. I think like the reply on the comment above, it was a trophy for him. Poems by Emily Dickinson. Asheville is not a coastal town; its simply a large city that gets mentioned a few times in the book. I have been looking this up for a couple of days now and yours was the first comment I found in this regard. she should have been locked away. Ky probably took the hat in the end. Is this realistic? Kya took possession of the shell. Tate had also abandoned Kya for several years, perhaps he could let her take the blame. I was so happy when I heard the verdict. Loved the book. Also where is the Fire House Tate discovers a poem written by Amanda Hamilton, the poet Kya often quotes, underneath their floorboards. What is it that Kya wrote .. something like .. something bad or evil must die so that the good survives. Did Tate know this all along? How could she have met him on middle of night, climbed a tower pushed him off got back to bus and back to that town where she was staying. Chases wife then gets upset when she sees with her own eyes he really does not love love her, but Kya the marsh girl.. Who is the family who comes to visit in the old red truck? The two old fishermen had probably seen her flatten him. I thought jumping might have committed the murder. However, if this theory were true, it was not in Jumpins character to murder ( I never saw anything in his character in the novel or the movie ) and considering the time and place they were living in, it could be very, very risky if he were caught. Then after all that, he later goes back to see her and attempts to sexually assault her. I believe you mixed up the males. The book was Brilliant! Someone here asked why Kya would have kept the red hat in her home if she ever thought about fiber evidence being used against her. Her past work (as a wildlife scientist in Africa), as well as the title of this novel, are a reflection of this. I think she was imitating the female preying mantis, she was always talking about. They're like having in-class notes for every discussion!, This is absolutely THE best teacher resource I have ever purchased. Kya killed Chase because it was what she felt like it was right, her moral compass shaped by the nature. After she was acquitted and returns to the cabin, she was relieved she was angry. Looking deep inside the cardboard box, he finds something else: the shell necklace that Chase wore until he died. At a point after a day in court the lawyer sees two men hugging and its like this makes everything clear to him. in the U.S. legal system, you have the 5th amendment right to remain silent (its the right against self-incrimination). Most of her life she only had nature as her family, so whether right or wrong, she thought she would get rid of her mate the way some insects got rid of theirs. Where EXACTLY can I read where Kya and Chase were on the fire tower and he fell/was pushed to his death??? It is the gulls she turns to in times of tremendous sorrow and grief. I have gotten so many e-mails and comments about this red hat that (a full year after reading this!) Evil was not in play, just life pulsing on, ***even at the expense of some of the players***. The assault happens on August 30th and a month later hes dead. Incidentally, its also the city where Delia Owens lives.). Again, its clear that Kya has managed to find happiness in her life. Possibly that cat hair sticks to clothing and hands while petting it. Kya had a lot of reasons to dislike Chase. Why wasnt Kya put on the stand to be questioned by the lawyers? 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. There was no mention of her during the investigation nor trial. 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. Instead, she passes away at 64 while shes out in a boat collecting stuff (her heart had quietly stopped). Doesnt make sense. Since he was a drunk, violent, and often gambled or dank his money away..,.i would say its most likely that he was killed over a gambling debt and his body dumped in the marsh or ocean, or he stumbled and fell/broke a leg or what have you/got snake bit one night stumbling home drunk and died in a remote area of the marsh. Did Tate and marsh girl ever have children? Dangerous predators must be killed or you will die. Why does Chase Andrews have a different last name than his parents? I definitely agree about the townspeople, I think stories like these are so important for helping people to think about whether they themselves are acting as the townspeople for someone else in their community who is different or unconventional. Confused by that. What was it used for? Im pretty certain he did not win the lottery, go to college, and move to New York. Tate will protect Kya and Chase knew Kya was assaulted after all. When did that happen, when and how did he find out about her getting arrested and her trial? That seems to indicate she may have asked him how to use it in order to contact Chase. 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. I will always love this book. to go out and KILL Kya. So, it . Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. Also, I couldnt help reflect further on the contrast wiht Chase and Tate with the alfha male and sneaker fuckers data. Kya refers to herself as white trash at one point, so I think we can safely assume that she and her family are white. Where did Kya get the wig she wore as a disguise on the bus? Please excuse all the grammar errors, typos, misspelling, and run-on sentences. From my perspective, she didnt name the stakes Chase did when he attacked her physically and went on to trash her home. How did Chase die in Where the Crawdads Sing. Why wasnt Pearl mentioned in the book or movie right after Chases death? How did Chase get to the fire tower. She was a person with no experience in that area. Was he realizing she was guilty after all? why was Chases wife never mentioned after his death or at the trial? How would he know that information only one day after Chase had passed. later in the novel, at the end of the novel, her poem, about fireflies, makes it clear that she lured him there. He should have been an obvious suspect in the case as he had been seen by several witnesses As the years pass, Jumpin passes away, and Jodie gets married and has kids that he brings by. Also, commenter Si Aspen adds: On pg 222, there is a conversation between Kya and Jumpin. She thought the insects knew how to deal with their mates. 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? Thanks! 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. You could sense that the sheriffs were not relying on gossips around the town as it contains more false information and drifts the investigation further away from what has happened. Well said. He wasnt anything a man should be . Because Pa would get drunk and beat on his mother. Love must be free to wander, To land upon its chosen shore Did Chase fall backwards or headfirst through the grate? Tate had motive, opportunity, strength, time and knowledge to create disguises for the bus. Then tried to assault her again and she pushed him in self defense and he fell accidentally. 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! The sheriff came to tell him his father was dead. Pretty far fetched. And we fell in love with Kya. Am surprised that no one appears to have suggested one obvious interpretation. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. It unknown what city Barkley Cove was based on. does tate know (at the end of the book when he discovers kya killed chase) that chase raped kya and threatened her? Folks hear n see almost everything. What was her reaction when he came home battered after Kias attack. The movie, produced by Witherspoon with Owens' involvement and directed by Olivia Newman, premiered in theaters July 15 and is now available to stream on Netflix. His truck wasnt there. This Study Guide consists of approximately 40 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Where the Crawdads Sing. 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. Why was she not a subject, at the trial, or even say why her husband was gone from her side out in the marsh? I think Chase wanted to keep Kya as his mistress in the marsh and married Pearl Alwayswearspearls because Pearl was the kind of girl his parents expected him to marry. Do you believe that Kya killed her father? Who was the man at the end who received the necklace. Biology sees right and wrong as the same color in different light. Not Tate. What is met by the bird of pray on the limb at her window. Crawdads are specifically references in a symbolically way in the text. Or, if not, why didnt he tell anyone that it was his hatso I dont believe that IF it was her who killed Chase, that Tate didnt suspect it until he found the poem. Very interesting anylisis. Chase. Or when she is older and on trial, why do none of them but her brother check on her? Another thought about why Kya took back the necklace: when she first found the shell, she remarked how unusual and rare (and by inference, quite special) to find it in those waters. how did tate actually feel after he found out that she did kill tate? nor his boat, when the sheriff first investigated. 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. Simply put, Kya and Tate finally manage to live a happy life together. So, in the end, the hat doesnt really prove anything. 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. However, the detectives determine that its possible to travel by bus from Greenville to Barkley and back in one night. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." Kya so cooly denied killing Chase and she so easily slipped into reciting Amanda Hamiltons poems, could Kya have had a split personality? Did ma go back to New Orleans and her family? Was he put in jail or killed? (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 dont know and the novel and movie do not make it clear. 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