She assessed Chase as this type of person, and her understanding was that it was either her or him. Also, she confessed to the murder in her poem and tate found the poem and the shell necklace. She traveled there by bus (Jumpin had to explain to her how to buy a bus ticket). In the absence of a proper father, Kya turned to Jumpin as a child, adolescent, and young adult. After she was acquitted and returns to the cabin, she was relieved she was angry. Really? Tate had also abandoned Kya for several years, perhaps he could let her take the blame. Hence why she wasnt so concerned or over worried because she didnt actually kill him. It was a small town. Her plan had called for planting the shell necklace on Tate, that is why she had taken it off the body in the first place. The engagement notice in the paper caused the break up of Kya and Chase. 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. Hence the whole story and the plot while living in the swamp. There was a reference wear the kids call her a tall skinny blonde. Who knows for sure, but she didnt seem she could or would have been able to do the whole bus thing. What is it that Kya wrote .. something like .. something bad or evil must die so that the good survives. I think Chase caught her coming back in the night and followed her to the tower. The type of complexity used for the trip back from Greenville to kill Chase was out of character for Kya. A final touch,Unfinished;The last step, a trap.Down, down he falls,His eyes still holding mine Until they see another world. But not there, not then.. 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. I had to get it out before I forgot. How old was kya when she was arrested for murder? Just north of the Pasquotank. She is nicknamed the Marsh Girl because she lives in the nearby swampy marshes on the outskirts of town. From the book: 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. They are not mentioned at the trial as audience or protestors or witnesses. How did Chase get to the fire tower. I work in the dental field, it is extremely likely that someone with a natural diet who eats very little sugar wouldnt have cavities. (Owens, p. 142) Kya's posthumous poem, discovered by Tate, "The Firefly" begins "Luring him was as easy/As flashing valentines/But like a lady firefly/They held a secret call . Interestingly enough, though, some of the less impressive males (Tate) find ways to trick females into thinking that theyre the alpha males, doing so by strutting about loudly with their bodies puffed up to look larger than they actually are. The murder was covered when the boys found the body and when she came home, the town was already talking about the murder. She lured him to the tower and then she left the grate over the last stair open so he could fall through. Why was she unable to get pregnant with Tate? As the years pass, Jumpin passes away, and Jodie gets married and has kids that he brings by. Did she think she was pregnant? 1. how did tate actually feel after he found out that she did kill tate? Please and Thank you! Kya had intended to frame Tate for the murder. Petit fours, blackberry jam, Sugar Daddy (candy), caramel cake. 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. The movie was a fair adaptation. Have where the crawdads sing firefly poem thirty people recommend this book deserves the attention it is getting six at the expense some! She went to the white school where she saw the other white girls at lunch. The ending to "Where the Crawdads Sing" has, not one, but two big reveals. Its confirmed by the detectives who send it to a lab that its an exact match (between the fibers on Chases jacket and from the hat in Kyas place). Did Tate and marsh girl ever have children? I never saw that coming. Loved it. The return bus departed at 2:30. Ever. Basically, at the end of the book, we find out that Kya has been writing and publishing poems under a pen name. And where were her editors when her cringeworthy attempts at writing in dialect were included? It is the gulls she turns to in times of tremendous sorrow and grief. They end up passing it back and forth, but its not explicitly stated who ends up with it at the end of the exchange. Hi! Terrible writing. Did she call him?write him? 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. One with the fibers and the other with the hat. Ive tried looking online to see if there is any Crawdads merch but didnt find anything. Hi Im curious as to why Kya was upset and angry that she was put on trial for the murder when she was guilty? If he was alive, even if he was gone for a week or more on a drunk he would have come home at last. Kya raised herself from the age of 5 in a swamp? For all the details, see Everything We Know about the Where the Crawdads Sing Movie. Our, "Sooo much more helpful thanSparkNotes. She looks shocked and amazed. Its the most plausible answer to how Kya could have been able to kill Chase, though theres not a firm confirmation of it. I guess some woman may have been attracted to that but I doubt it. How did kya lure chase to the fire tower in the middle of the night to kill him? Again from the book: Consider the above quotes, plus these facts. Didnt enjoy reading the book at all. It states, In another time and place, an old black man and a young white woman might have hugged. Kya watched others. In the last chapter of the book, everything ties together and cuts some loose ends. Has Delia mentioned any reasoning behind why she chose for Kya and Tate not to be able to have children? 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. I too think that Chase cared for Kya in his own twisted way. Quick and just. What was it used for? They start a life together and turn the shack that Kya lives in into a nice cottage. Shes petting the resident cat who visits her in her cell. They will produce a series of pulse trains that is believed to signal an individuals presence to other crayfish. 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? Well I think at some point Tate knew that it was Kya who pushed Chase to death. Kya had a lot of reasons to dislike Chase. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. ( Spoiler .., ). Then it was all win the sex, brag about it, lie to get it, etc. Our hearts broke over the injustices she endured, and they swelled as we saw her care for herself and demand the dignity that is heran every human'sbirthright . Kya initially declines, but Tate tosses it into her boat. The central plot of Where the Crawdads Sing the "strong storyline" Owens alludes to in her BookPage interview is Kya's murder trial. 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. So kya definitely killed Chase. There are a number of questions (about the ending, explanations, other spoilers, etc.) 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. In killing him, she likely wanted revenge, but also to reclaim some sense of power or something like that. 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. 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. ooo thanks for letting me know, Ill take a look to see whats up! 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. I read WTCS back in 2018. She never thought about revenge after she knew that Chase is a liar and betrayed her. I think she had a mental breakdown over the years and developed split personalities. Where the Crawdads Sing is a tale of immense loneliness. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Please excuse all the grammar errors, typos, misspelling, and run-on sentences. I found the story compelling, but why would people travel to Asheville on business when Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte are all closer to the coast? 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. They will always be the trump cards because they are passed on more frequently from one generation to the next than the gentler genes. He could have left Chase a not from Kya asking him to meet her. I dont recall her being at the trial or questioned or anything. Or is he surprised? Did she have his phone number? Its exemplary! It was dark, he didnt realize the grate was off. Love must be free to wander, To land upon its chosen shore This theory entered my mind, too. 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. Kya and Tate were tossing it back and forth while boating. Obviously, Kya did take the bus back to Barkley Cove, murdered Chase and then returned to Greenville. Our, "Sooo much more helpful thanSparkNotes. I thought it said her art and writings had been donated to UNC Chapel Hill NC Whats with that? I dont think Chase was indifferent about Kya. It was published by Putnam in August 2018. The assault happens on August 30th and a month later hes dead. I thought Kya went to the black school for the limited day that she attended. She became more precious to us on every page. This does not seem realistic. That happens on August 30th and a month later hes dead. ), Summary and Review for Where the Crawdads Sing, Everything We Know about the Where the Crawdads Sing Movie. 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. Otherwise, GREAT book! I think that Kya would have no idea there would be fibers from the hat on Chases clothing. One detail did not work out as planned. "Where the Crawdads Sing" doesn't draw directly on Owens's time in Africa, but there are echoes of her work as a naturalist. 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. does tate know (at the end of the book when he discovers kya killed chase) that chase raped kya and threatened her? Why did Tate burn all her poems when he found them? A central question of "Where the Crawdads Sing," adapted to film from Delia Owen's popular novel through Lucy Alibar's screenplay, is: Who killed Chase Andrews (Harris Dickinson)? Yes! But the pen name is the baffling part. Its also a phrase that the character of Tate says in the book. or does he go the entire book without the knowledge of the attack and is left with the thought of her as a murderer, the only motive being abandonment? "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." How is that possible? As her family abandons her one by one, she learns to survive on her own. Its quite easy to imagine a conversation taking place planning Chases murder. That seems to indicate she may have asked him how to use it in order to contact Chase. Its never mentioned in the book or the movie. Kay was dressed in white cut off denims, setting off her long legs, a black braid fell over each breast. Where did Kya get the wig she wore as a disguise on the bus? I really liked this novel, but I really had to suspend judgement and give the author a lot of leeway. And she never gets sick..,only steps on a rusted nail once. See the archives. there was an older lady, tall like Miss Clark, who had gray hair, short with curls, like a permanent wave. p.315. Excellent story by the way. 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. Simply put, Kya and Tate finally manage to live a happy life together. This gives them time to execute their plan to kill Chase. Thanks for the information, i am bookmarking it for future updates. I understood the one about The Firefly, and Broken Gull of Brandon Beach, but failed to get a handle on some of the others. I believe you mixed up the males. 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. Agree. Boat there? 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. It represented what he took from her. 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. There, laid out carefully on cotton, was the shell necklace Chase had worn until the night he died. But who taught her? Me too. I absolutely loved and appreciated the movie and will be reading the book but Im from Asheville, NC and confused about the setting. Teachers and parents! According to the story, it ended up on Tates boat. I thought Kya mentioned in the book how Chase died and how she covered her tracks but I went back to earlier chapters and I could not find it. Where is Chases wife in all the drama after Chase is found dead? Could it be that she had no memory? In Chapter 17, when Tate and Kya are looking for a place to hang out, Tate suggests that they go somewhere where the crawdads sing. He explains to Kya that it means far in the bush where critters are wild, still behaving like critters. In other words, hes suggesting they go off somewhere far from other people, deep into nature. Does Kya ever verbally say she did not kill Chase in either the book or movie? Like her mother having a psychotic breakdown, Kya snapped when she realized that she was living deep in the swamp and was defenseless. I thought I remembered the courthouse cat, who befriended Kya, having an affinity with only innocents, did I just make that up?! Isnt it the same hat Tate and she were throwing back and forth? Very probably she used the phone in the city at the hotel to call him to meet her there. I saw them change. I cant find it in the book but did Chase ransack Kyas home as he did in the film? Her character was a survivor. 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. Where the Crawdads Sing is a bestselling novel that sold over a million copies in 2019. 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. Do you see them in reality in the marsh? Falcons and many other beings as well. Jodie and his wife had children and visited a few times a year to fish and be a family. When did that happen, when and how did he find out about her getting arrested and her trial? For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. These males, the article explains, are known as sneaky fuckers, and end up alone. Thats all. Why wasnt Pearl mentioned in the book or movie right after Chases death? Yes, when they found Chase and the tracks were gone-I though of how her brother said to cover the tracks. Its just odd with decades of being together and how much they loved each other that she never told him/he didnt know? There was no mention of her during the investigation nor trial. Kyas situation was absolutely a do or die scenario and she chose not to lie down and let the marsh erase her existence. Judging by this sentence, -Then he opened the small box, knowing what he would find. Maybe Tate knew she was harassed by Chase through Jumpin..Then he might have had a fight with Chase and hence the red fibres.Its clear in the end that Kya killed Chase..and that was a surprise to Tate. 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