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She never expressed vanity before. And why would she leave the hat out in the open when she was so careful to cover her tracks in every other way? Shes petting the resident cat who visits her in her cell. Also she wasnt a big part of the story, only in it to show that he was adulterous. Im curious How do you explain the significance of the necklace, then? "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." Do you see them in reality in the marsh? The way the content is organized, LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in. Also where is the Fire House Thought it was very well done. In some ways it makes sense because her relationship with humans (with the exception of Tate and a few others) were never the best experiences for her compared to her relationship with nature. The book doesnt explain what happened to Kyas father. I loved the book, but one part seemed so out of character even considering the poems she wrote. How did she get it off his body without leaving footprints? As her family abandons her one by one, she learns to survive on her own. As the years pass, Jumpin passes away, and Jodie gets married and has kids that he brings by. But not there, not then. So that confirms that Kya is white. They move the scaphognathite and produce sound and air bubbles. The sheriff and deputy found it when they went in with the search warrent. Good question. What was it used for? But if you read the poem about flashing valentines and female fireflies luring the males to their deaths, you know she did lure him thereand the rest of the poem makes it clear she killed him. Kya had planned the murder in detail. Why did Kya and Tate not have children? Would not have made it through AP Literature without the printable PDFs. It is revealed through a poem titled 'The Firefly' that Kya was in fact the one to kill Chase. How is that possible? She was familiar with clothing and liked changing costumes as in the foreshadowing of waiting for Tate in a balerina dress on the 4th of July.She again disguised herself to return to Ashville. They start a life together and turn the shack that Kya lives in into a nice cottage. So, in the end, the hat doesnt really prove anything. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class.. The feathers, the shells, the gulls, the fireflies, the fog, even the smells came off the pages. Down, down he falls, His eyes still holding mine / Until they see another world.). And she becomes a best selling author? she should have been locked away. :). Summary and Review for Where the Crawdads Sing. 3. And there is a red hat found in Kyas place later. I think she was imitating the female preying mantis, she was always talking about. 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. No,he didnt knew for sure but may have doubts..he was pretty sure Kya would make it out of the case and they would soon be exploring lagoons..So he didnt believe she would have murdered chase but the evidences somehow could atleast convince him to have doubts..which he might never confront to her due to fear of losing her. Kya was not conniving or to be honest smart enough to lure Chase, plan out TWO disguises, study bus schedules to know she could go out and back in enough time to not draw attention. Set in 1950s and 1960s North Carolina, the narrative blends . Before the incident she unleashed her being lied to and left. Why did Tate burn all her poems when he found them? Kya knows this is the law of nature. She knew chase was coming for her and didnt want to live her life in fear. I know thats superficial to the performance but still- a girl, then woman who spends time in the outdoors would have a tan! I have gotten so many e-mails and comments about this red hat that (a full year after reading this!) Kya is highly intelligent and to move the plot forward needs to . She was always by herself, her father rarely talked and she could not read. Also, I couldnt help reflect further on the contrast wiht Chase and Tate with the alfha male and sneaker fuckers data. Did ma go back to New Orleans and her family? Love must be free to wander, To land upon its chosen shore 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. In the movie, shes in jail as the trial continues. Tate was definitely the alpha male, Chase the unworthy. Im confused about the red ski cap. Tate was 4 years older than her, and she was 15 when he taught her to read, definitely not a child. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class.. Tate never sees it. Thats why she refused to say she murdered him. She lured him to the tower and then she left the grate over the last stair open so he could fall through. Certain lines in the poem reveal that Kya lured Chase to the tower where he then was pushed off and fell to his death. How clever of her to take it back and hide its existence. I assume the old lady on the 2:30 a.m. bus from Barkley Cove to Greenville was Kya in disguise. Kya watched others. -Graham S. When Owens reveals that Kya was Amanda Hamilton, readers see that she wasnt quite as cut off from the world as it might have seemed. A psychologist once told me that when an evil family member dies, people in the family rarely if ever mention that persons name ever again. I dont think so. One version of Crawdads has Kya going to Asheville and one version she goes to Greenville, which makes more sense. i was wondering, is there any significance to the cat that kya spends time with in her prison cell? This gives them time to execute their plan to kill Chase. *** (lovers is plural !). Tate will protect Kya and Chase knew Kya was assaulted after all. In Where the Crawdads Sing, poetry is an important part of Kya's life. Great questions Virginia! Observing this, females mate more often with these alpha males (Chase). Surely Mr Jumpin warned Tate of Chase possibly hurting Kya. I cant imagine how kya could find disguises and lure Chase on her own. It was a small town. Reading through the comments I noticed that no one has questioned a mental breakdown as a possibility for Kya and murdering Chase Andrews. Word Count: 415. Another part of the poem reads, 'The last step, a trap./ i just watched the movie yesterday, planning on reading the book but I havent yet. Also, one side of my family lived in the marshes of Louisiana. One by one, they walked out their life. How did Chase get lured to The Tower at 12:00 at night?? She was angry about being abandoned by those whom she loved. The sheriffs just couldnt find the necklace. Then it was all win the sex, brag about it, lie to get it, etc. Where would Kya have found it if Tate had actually killed Chase and somehow hidden it. 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. I identify with the character a great deal. I would love all 3! At a point after a day in court the lawyer sees two men hugging and its like this makes everything clear to him. Im hosting a book club about Where the Crawdads sing and needed help remembering sweets she ate in the book. Does Kya ever verbally say she did not kill Chase in either the book or movie? It was the marsh that shielded her from being placed at the scene, almost like it was her real family coming to her rescue. Delia Owens. A poem titled "The Firefly" reveals that Kya murdered Chase . There was a white and black school is if she wasnt black, why did they put her in that school? If not, Tate is the one who made arrangements for her to get published. She knew her father would throw the last punch and he was abusive towards her. 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. Obviously was not necessary unless to make us think. The novel is set in the fictional town of Barkley Cove, North Carolina in the 1950s. These people knew her and loved her and likely understood that this was the only way she would ever get justice or not be murdered herself. Thats a very good theory. thats the only thing that makes sense. from him. Interesting thoughts, but I see it differently. there was an older lady, tall like Miss Clark, who had gray hair, short with curls, like a permanent wave. p.315. 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. In giftshops throughout the region. In the book wasnt Tate married to someone else when he returned to Kya? In the scene where she meets with her publisher in Greenville, she comments about the praying mantis eating its mate, but says something to the effect that nature isnt evil it just does what it has to to survive. They made sure to mention both Tate and Jumpin were the only 2 that knew she was going out of town and Jumpin made sure she told him when she left. We know that she does because its referenced in her poem, the Firefly (reproduced below). Anyone elses interpretation of what that scene was meant to convey? (including. A.H. 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. ooo thanks for letting me know, Ill take a look to see whats up! The infamous red hat. This theory entered my mind, too. 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. Loved the movie , I was so glad Chase died. She set it up for a night time meeting. In terms of whether the timing works, at the trial, its mentioned that the 11:50 bus was 25 minutes late. 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. How did Chase Andrews die? I just dont believe it. Sure hope that someone who could get those books published sees this! Its just odd with decades of being together and how much they loved each other that she never told him/he didnt know? Witherspoon told Vanity Fair in. And, one more quote from earlier in the book: Kya watched others. Biology sees right and wrong as the same color in different light. 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. These males, the article explains, are known as sneaky fuckers, and end up alone. And why was he killed? it should answer your question. Luring him was as easyAs flashing valentines.But like a lady fireflyThey hid a secret call to die. As one of the commenters below (thanks Lindsay!) Also, both of them were experts in minutiae so why did they he she bother taking the necklace and not hiding the hat when they he she cleaned up everything else? (!) Also was the publisher of her books the same one who published her poems.? She spent years reading only biology textbooks and her lifetime surrounded by the organisms of the marsh, meaning she absolutely could be an expert capable of becoming a published author, especially since Tate was backing her. Money used to go a lot further than it does today, and her first check alone was for $5,000. Witnesses had seen Chase and Tate physically fighting over Kya. 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. 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. In killing him, she likely wanted revenge, but also to reclaim some sense of power or something like that. to go out and KILL Kya. I was always intrigued by the reasons why Chase chose to wear the shell necklace gifted by Kya all the time. The night her mum sends a letter he gets drunk and abusive again so did Kya go into survival mode again? How did kya lure chase to the fire tower in the middle of the night to kill him? Then there is the related issue of how Kya, who had heard little standard English, learned to speak it. I think that Chase was killed by Tate as he was watching from the bushes for months waiting for chase to attack and when Kya took the bus he did it. 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. Child to child eye to eye depicts Kyas deep connection to nature and wild and how swamp to be drained would affect her relationship with it..The way humans were destroying ecosystem-you died before the child,my friend ,the wild, And about sunsets are never simple..its about advanced sunrise and delayed sunset..sun is visible 2 min early before actual sunrise and 2 min late after actual sunset..So in a way we dont notice these deceptions..-we see brilliant colors and never learn, the sun has dropped beneath earth by the time we see it burn..So she also hints about her deceived relationship with chase..and the way tide helped her cover tracks and lies in fire tower where footprints were missing. I loved the book! She looks down at her hand after petting the car for a while and sees the cats fur/fibers on her hand. Perhaps Kaya discovered him dead before the police, and took the necklace from him. If you read the poem (see the full text of it below) thats with the necklace, youll see how it clearly describes the situation with Chase and what happened. That it was Jumpin and Tate that planned and killed Chase. (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 believe you mixed up the males. Its important to remember that it was originally a gift from Kya to Chase, and it only ends up back in Kyas hands when she murders him. I loved the book and movie! But Kyas remarkable strength, exceptionalism and beauty actually touched him, made him feel. She probably called him over telephone or left a note in her shack. They looked so beautiful! I understood the one about The Firefly, and Broken Gull of Brandon Beach, but failed to get a handle on some of the others. in general, defendants in criminal cases dont testify unless their lawyer feels they absolutely must for some reason. So the fibers were actually the smoking gun. She had realized that the red fibers could have been on her somehow. Follow along on Goodreads, or keep in touch via the newsletter. Quick and just. I lived in Atlanta in the 1970s when many young children were being murdered and they talked of fiber evidence which was a new thing at that time. It is revealed through a poem titled 'The Firefly' that Kya was in fact the one to kill Chase. )even at the expense of some of the players*.. The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. (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. 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). Where the Crawdads Sing: . By Amanda Hamilton (there's a surprise). Chase was a narcissist. I only saw the movie perhaps the book had these answers? "Marsh is not swamp. The return bus departed at 2:30. Dont forget that the one night when Jumpin was returning back home at the end of the day and was being harrassed by some boys, it was Kya who threw the rock at them to save Jumpin. I did not see that referenced in her poems. She is also Kya's favorite poet, and Kya recites her poetry for comfort in times of emotional stress. So how did Chase get to the tower?? You can read the poem here: The Firefly Poem Where The Crawdads Sing. The females got what they wantedfirst a mate, then a mealjust by changing their signals. She kills him to survive because she knows he will eventually hunt and eat her/kill her. Thats how she lured him there. Also, why would we had heard so much about the firefly sending false signals to mates only to eat them when they came close? (If you google this question, the city of Asheville sometimes comes up as the answer, but that is not accurate. 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