Just how it is. Who knows for sure, but she didnt seem she could or would have been able to do the whole bus thing. That happens on August 30th and a month later hes dead. I had not thought of that. According to the story, it ended up on Tates boat. Larry Price (the bus driver for the 11:50 P.M. bus from Greenville to Barkley Cove) says there was no one on the bus that resembles Kya. And we fell in love with Kya. As the years pass, Jumpin passes away, and Jodie gets married and has kids that he brings by. The village grows into a city, but Tate and Kya never visit either way. . Being isolated was one thing; living in fear, quite another.). In killing him, she likely wanted revenge, but also to reclaim some sense of power or something like that. His wife ends up pushing her husband Chase off the tower that night. Which is also why she took the necklace back. Whereas people used to make unfair assumptions about her because of her socioeconomic class, now they seem to have a certain kind of respect for her. Instant downloads of all 1682 LitChart PDFs Where did Kya get the wig she wore as a disguise on the bus? why was Chases wife never mentioned after his death or at the trial? Kya does not kill herself. Teachers and parents! Excellent commentary on the geography of North Carolina and of Kyas lack of any dialect. There was nothing premeditated in her at all. Back in the day they used to have these things called phone books where you could find peoples phone numbers. Of course, another perfectly legitimate explanation is that she keeps it because it was a necessary literary device to provide affirmative evidence of what happened at the end of the story. He should have been an obvious suspect in the case as he had been seen by several witnesses It was published by Putnam in August 2018. She assessed Chase as this type of person, and her understanding was that it was either her or him. Its exemplary! (Tate doesnt comes back into the picture after Chase married Pearl.) But Price also says there was a skinny passenger on that bus who couldve been a tall woman disguised as a man. I saw someone comment about the possibility of a mental breakdown and split personalities. Did Tate and marsh girl ever have children? 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? 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. A possible explanation for why Kya took the shell from Chases dead body: in order to use it to frame Tate. And in the privacy of the marsh, he could be soft. 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 listened on audible. 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. Our, "Sooo much more helpful thanSparkNotes. I dont know and the novel and movie do not make it clear. Obviously, Kya did take the bus back to Barkley Cove, murdered Chase and then returned to Greenville. 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. Kya is brilliant but simple-not knowing the ways of the world. I realize were led to believe that Kya killled Chase. But who taught her? The fire tower is close to town. Folks hear n see almost everything. The presence of the shell on a rawhide necklace ends up in her subfloor is a question I dont see answered. Three thoughts, after reading through all the posts and having only read the book (I have not seen the movie):: Why did no one ever consider whether Kyas boat left its mooring at the town dock that night when Chase was killedthat was never part of the investigation, yet would have been key to her guilt/innocence. Required fields are marked *. I think it was based on her understanding of the kind of person Chase was, and I agree that he was similar to her father. I feel ya. Where did Kya hide the necklace? About the necklace thing and when Chases mom was aware the necklace was missing. There are little hints and descriptions about her throughout the book: Evil was not in play, just life pulsing on, even at the expense of some of the players. 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 was wondering if calling Chase Chase was a symbolic choice. Titled "The Firefly," the piece contains a metaphor . At end of movie showing credits etc. I was leaning toward Jumpin as the murderer. later on, the cat is found on the chair in the courtroom, im having some trouble seeing the big picture of the cats meaning. Nooit gedacht dat ik dit boek zou uitlezen, alhoewel ik het niet voor mogelijk hou dat een meisje dat n dag naar school gaat, zo grote resultaten behaald. Consequently, she had to address the matter herself, becoming the human version of a female firefly in a mere act of survival. Kya didnt want to call him and tell him. Maybe..seems possible as his poker friends even didnt knew where he was and came to Jumpins for inquiring.. A poem titled "The Firefly" reveals that Kya murdered Chase . Im hoping that someonemaybe the illustrator, or Delia Owens or Reese Witherspoon will see how nice it would be to actually publish those books! She probably would have not killed a critter, except for food, but killing a human being did not seem a problem. Kya had a lot of reasons to dislike Chase. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. Is drawing and painting simply a hobby, or is it in some way a survival skill? Looking deep inside the cardboard box, he finds something else: the shell necklace that Chase wore until he died. I just finished the book myself, the Audio book version (Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell, who did a great job, if anyone is interested in Audio books I do because of my commute, and I enjoy a good narrator. I always thought that she accidentally killed Chase and then covered her tracks and everything. That Kya sees Jumpin as her father suggests that humans are capable of building their own families, at least in terms of how they feel about one another. The ending to "Where the Crawdads Sing" has, not one, but two big reveals. Didnt enjoy reading the book at all. I didnt get that. Kya refers to herself as white trash at one point, so I think we can safely assume that she and her family are white. My sister thinks kyas dad died, I think he left her like everyone else did. Right here! I have searched all around the chapter before and after! What I didnt understand was why Kya never was called to declared during the trial. Crawdads are specifically references in a symbolically way in the text. would like to know why a fire tower is in a marsh? There are a number of questions (about the ending, explanations, other spoilers, etc.) WONDERFUL Post.thanks for share..more wait .. . How did kya lure chase to the fire tower in the middle of the night to kill him? (including. Kyas source of sorrow was being abandoned. However, what bugs me the most is how do we know for sure that their is still not a plot twist to the story? Thank you! According to this mindset, living things must do whatever it takes to survive, even if this sometimes requires acting mercilessly. She looks shocked and amazed. 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. 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. Another way to look at it is that its a memento of an experience that shaped her as a person for better or for worse, so she wanted to keep it. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." Agree. She even asks the guy to double check for the necklace, but he states it was never there, he never saw it. She thought the insects knew how to deal with their mates. Kya was very artistic at drawing and writing. Then next thing I know hes sitting at the court behind her. Nature had become her family and moral compass. Again from the book: 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. it is just about survival. Kyas alibi is that she was in Greenville, meeting with her publisher, on the day Chase was killed. how did tate actually feel after he found out that she did kill tate? 4 1/2 stars *Female insects, Kya thought, know how to deal with their lovers. (lovers is plural ! Another child teaches her to read? But now I cant recall why and the summary doesnt explain it. ( Spoiler .., ). What happen to Chases wife? Where the Crawdads Sing Symbols & Objects. Looking forward to a beautiful movie. It has sold over two million copies and has been translated into 37 languages. I identified with Kya as I was misunderstood and wrongly judged by people for a long time. Also, one side of my family lived in the marshes of Louisiana. The engagement notice in the paper caused the break up of Kya and Chase. John King (the bus driver for the 2:30 P.M. bus from Barkley Cove to Greenville) also says there was no one on the bus that resembles Kya. The comment by Jumpin is definitely an error that the author and editor didnt catch. Why does Chase Andrews have a different last name than his parents? As one of the commenters below (thanks Lindsay!) That bothered me too. Yes! I cried at the end. Tate also knew how to cover up tracks. in the U.S. legal system, you have the 5th amendment right to remain silent (its the right against self-incrimination). Suddenly, it becomes clear to Tate that Kya did kill Chase, that she perfectly planned the murder by disguising herself on buses and riding her boat on riptides to get to the fire tower in time. In the movie, Jumpin rubs the red cap on his bib overall before handing it to Tate. I loved the book and movie! After a long while, Chase came back and endangered her. All the evidence was circumstantial. Chases mother is the one that pushed the necklace theory to the cops after all. 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. He must have known? Later on Tate gives Kya the red hat after asking if shes cold, thats how she gains possession of the red hat. Did Tate know this all along? So, you could see it as her taking something back from him when she killed him. I found this strange. Jodie and his wife had children and visited a few times a year to fish and be a family. 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. Hi! The night her mum sends a letter he gets drunk and abusive again so did Kya go into survival mode again? Hi Im curious as to why Kya was upset and angry that she was put on trial for the murder when she was guilty? Why was it all about his mother. It is the law of nature ( which she is a student of) to kill to survive. What color hair did kya have. Or is he surprised? Crawdads make a strange sound when in the water to alert other crawdads of a predator nearby. Consider Kya had made previous arrangements before leaving for Ashville to meet Chase at the top of the tower as she had calculated the time of the last bus to arrive back and her time to get to him. 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. Thanks. [31] On July 5, 2021, Cosmopolitan reported that filming had wrapped. I did not see that referenced in her poems. He was not arrested. I was sure the wife murdered him. In the coming years, Barkley Cove and the surrounding area undergoes a number of changes, as developers arrive and turn the town into a tourist destination. Fireflies Symbol Analysis. So kya definitely killed Chase. I just dont believe it. Why did he have dinner with his mother without his wife ? How did Kya lure Chase to the tower to kill him? Perhaps Kaya discovered him dead before the police, and took the necklace from him. In short, Kya projected her father to Chase. I really liked this novel, but I really had to suspend judgement and give the author a lot of leeway. just life pulsing on, even at the expense of some of the players. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING is a gentle yet symbolic depiction of the valiant survival of Kya Clarka reclusive young girl who has been abandoned by her parents, siblings, school system, the entire town surrounding her, and what ultimately feels like life itself. 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. She never thought about revenge after she knew that Chase is a liar and betrayed her. But King also says there was an older lady who was tall like Miss Clark, who had gray hair, short with curls, like a permanent wave. King, too, acknowledges it could have been Kya in a disguise. The police didnt look for it until after Patty Love came in the office and asked about it. Hi Nancy, the sheriff was letting Tate know that his dad passed away. Then after all that, he later goes back to see her and attempts to sexually assault her. How would he know that information only one day after Chase had passed. Love must be free to wander, To land upon its chosen shore 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. Her character was a survivor. yeah, I think based on what we know, the bus person is her. 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? Does Kyas attorney suspect that Kya killed Chase? Reading through the comments I noticed that no one has questioned a mental breakdown as a possibility for Kya and murdering Chase Andrews. 17 Top Quotes from Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 1. No one from the town was going to believe her or protect her. This gives them time to execute their plan to kill Chase. There was no mention of her during the investigation nor trial. Now, I could see Chases mother killing him or Jumper or even Tate. Yes, this is my question. Was the necklace hidden under floorboards in her book? Thats why she refused to say she murdered him. Confused by that. The only thing that is mystifying me is the nomme de plume. Word Count: 415. The infamous red hat. Even Chases mother didnt recognize that her son was missing the necklace until well after the fact, weeks later even. This theory entered my mind, too. Tate searches their Marsh home and finds Chase's missing shell necklace along with some of Kya's poems. It seemed like a perfect name for a boy who was chasing a girl the way he was chasing Kya. Why was Tate arrested (pgs. "Marsh is not swamp. Where does all this sophistication come from on Kyas part. The shell was meaningful when she gave it to Chase. That it was Jumpin and Tate that planned and killed Chase. 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. He will beat her probably beyond recognition, raped her and even kill her to satisfy his sick ego. She had no vaccines, but little enough interactions with other humans that she could have avoided contracting illnesses or diseases. Is so, do you know the title and author? Reading her message, the second male was convinced hed found a willing female of his own kind and hovered above her to mate. Its also a phrase that the character of Tate says in the book. Did he die? Teachers and parents! She never expressed vanity before. Doesnt make sense. 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. How do we not know that Chase went looking for Kya one evening (she was gone visiting her publisher for the first time), and his wife followed Chase out to the Marsh? Why did Chase wear the necklace all the time? With so little time to do all that, how did she know that Chase would be at the Tower? She did what nature would do when faced with a life or death fight she took out the predator. Her plan called for Tate to be a suspect also, likely even to be the foremost suspect. I cant find it in the book but did Chase ransack Kyas home as he did in the film? Possibly that cat hair sticks to clothing and hands while petting it. Hmmm I thought of my childhood days living in The Great Dismal Swamp. Could it be that she had no memory? Berta. Do you see them in reality in the marsh? 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. And she never gets sick..,only steps on a rusted nail once. Its just odd with decades of being together and how much they loved each other that she never told him/he didnt know? I had to get it out before I forgot. She said we already are like the geese. Forget the lack of time to pull it all off, but rather the premeditated and calculated effort to know how to do that and get away with it. 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. Have where the crawdads sing firefly poem thirty people recommend this book deserves the attention it is getting six at the expense some! And on chapter 15, when her mother his painting her nails and her sisters, her mother said the light pink would contrast very well with the olive skin tone they all had. They must have contacted before..probably through telephone and Kya came before Chase to execute the plan. And with her money she gets plumbing and electricity out to the marsh? 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. Very probably she used the phone in the city at the hotel to call him to meet her there. Was the firefly poem ever published, or was that something that Kya did not send to magazines as Amanda Hamilton? And later the cap might have ended up with her later when tate and kya were tossing it..or maybe this is completely different cap which belonged to kya..About he necklace..it represented a part of kya which she gave to chase to supress her loneliness-And love itself passing ,To whatever it was before it began.So clearly proves that Kya is retrieving a part of herself which she gave to Chase.. I think she snuck back to the Marsh because the attendant at the motel made her uncomfortable. The central plot of Where the Crawdads Sing the "strong storyline" Owens alludes to in her BookPage interview is Kya's murder trial. I do not recommend this book or this author. Why was Tate, who always wore a red cap in his work, never considered a suspect in the book? But first a quote from the Firefly Poem in the books conclusion: Female fireflies draw in strange males with dishonest signals and eat them; mantis females devour their own mates. Surely Mr Jumpin warned Tate of Chase possibly hurting Kya. I grew up a foster child and know what it was to be alone. thats the only thing that makes sense. They are both inaccurate and insulting, not to mention kind of (unintentionally, Im sure) racist. Asheville is not a coastal town; its simply a large city that gets mentioned a few times in the book. Loved the movie. She didnt see what she was doing as anything more than protection of her own 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. ***Female insects, Kya thought, know how to deal with their lovers. Tate had also abandoned Kya for several years, perhaps he could let her take the blame. Me too. 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. 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. She took the necklace back as a way of taking back her power from him. There is one poem about murdering Chase, and with it is Chases missing shell necklace, tying her to his murder. One thing I observed in the character, Kya, was her lack of tan lines! The two old fishermen had probably seen her flatten him. And that behavior was the cause of her hardships. But I believe she had helpno, no one else was on the tower but Kya and Chase, but she had help with the logistics of the whole thingvery probably from Jumpin, and perhaps her brother, who was in the military. She was always looking out for him to jump her and listening for his boat. So how did Chase get to the tower?? Especially since driving to Raleigh makes more sense? Even if we succeed in technical fields and wear shoes when we are required to do so we know where our souls are. When Kyas books get published, we see Jumpin placing them for sale in the window of his store. Struggling with distance learning? But the link is broken on the Chase question! Basically, at the end of the book, we find out that Kya has been writing and publishing poems under a pen name. She intended to survive at the expense of one of the players, her lover Tate; but, He probably walked. Witnesses had seen Chase and Tate physically fighting over Kya. (The last step, a trap. Yes, its real and now Federally protected wonder where one could encounter many now-endangered species. I loved the book! Tate had motive, opportunity, strength, time and knowledge to create disguises for the bus. What was her reaction when he came home battered after Kias attack. How in the world would she demise shut a plan. I thought she only had her brothers number. I understood the one about The Firefly, and Broken Gull of Brandon Beach, but failed to get a handle on some of the others. . Dangerous predators must be killed or you will die. Maybe Pearl (Chases wife) killed him for all his infidelity. Even face jail or the death penalty. I thought that was a foreshadowing. 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