What was her reaction when he came home battered after Kias attack. Yes, its real and now Federally protected wonder where one could encounter many now-endangered species. Was the necklace hidden under floorboards in her book? Im an avid reader of John Grishams courtroom drama stories, and havent found another author that compares, until Delia Owens Where the Crawdads Sing. 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 believe if Tate had murdered Chase he wouldnt have allowed Kya to be accused of murder. About the necklace thing and when Chases mom was aware the necklace was missing. He should have been an obvious suspect in the case as he had been seen by several witnesses [31] On July 5, 2021, Cosmopolitan reported that filming had wrapped. :), 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by Madeline Miller: What We Know, Books to Movies & TV in 2022: 25+ Adaptations Coming Soon, Your email address will not be published.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 she have his phone number? 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. 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. I loved the book! 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. These males, the article explains, are known as sneaky fuckers, and end up alone. Discovering Amanda Hamilton, Poet in Where the Crawdads Sing. It would make sense to have an accomplice. As her family abandons her one by one, she learns to survive on her own. They end up passing it back and forth, but its not explicitly stated who ends up with it at the end of the exchange. Yes! Who are the kids that are shown briefly at the end of the movie? How did kya lure chase to the fire tower in the middle of the night to kill him? I love your take on the murder. I grew up a foster child and know what it was to be alone. She thought the insects knew how to deal with their mates. 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. (including. Where the Crawdads Sing Quotes Showing 61-90 of 1,170. does tate know (at the end of the book when he discovers kya killed chase) that chase raped kya and threatened her? Was it under floorboards with the poetry? 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. 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. Im inclined to agree that Kya just does NOT fit as the murderer. 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. When Chase attempts to rape her, he was drunk and hit her. Chase, was a threat to her existence, and she killed him because thats how marsh animals guarantee their survival. I just finished reading and Im pretty sure it says that they held up the plastic bags up in court. Female insects, Kya thought, know how to deal with their lovers. [lovers is plural !] She saw the world differently because of how she was raised. Only the author, Delia Owens, can tell us what she had originally intended. 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. Do you think there were people that figured Kya murdered Chase but didnt say anything, i.e., her lawyer and Jumpin and Mabel? It might explain why she seemed to not have any recollection of chases murder and wrote about it in her alter ego and the disguises of the people on the bus during the night. I feel ya. Kya is highly intelligent and to move the plot forward needs to . Do you believe that Kya killed her father? "When cornered, desperate, or isolated, man reverts to those instincts that aim straight at survival. I had to get it out before I forgot. But earlier in the book its made clear that Chases mother doesnt go to the police until 8 days after they find his body and tell them about the missing necklace? Page 98 She as alone out there completely vulnerable and became hypervigilant about every sound. Jodie shows up because he saw the book that Kya published. One thing I observed in the character, Kya, was her lack of tan lines! Tate discovers a poem written by Amanda Hamilton, the poet Kya often quotes, underneath their floorboards. The motel owner mentions that she didnt know how to use the phone which to me suggests she asked how to use it. Its never mentioned in the book or the movie. 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. Tate will protect Kya and Chase knew Kya was assaulted after all. How did kya have Tates hat in her house. The way the content is organized. We all are still talking about it. She looks down at her hand after petting the car for a while and sees the cats fur/fibers on her hand. Your email address will not be published. Maybe..seems possible as his poker friends even didnt knew where he was and came to Jumpins for inquiring.. Could it be that she had no memory? Jumpins wife. 3. Thank you. Really? Tate never sees it. And that behavior was the cause of her hardships. He may even have cared for Kya more in his shallow, selfish way. Just wondering how Kya got all the knowledge about birds. So, the answer is, we dont know how Kya ends up with the red hat. How would he know it was HIS red hat? I dont know and the novel and movie do not make it clear. What say you? thank you so much for your thoughts! Then after all that, he later goes back to see her and attempts to sexually assault her. Crawdads make a strange sound when in the water to alert other crawdads of a predator nearby. If she were innocent she could have figured out what happened then writing her poem later. The sheriff and deputy found it when they went in with the search warrent. Jodie and his wife had children and visited a few times a year to fish and be a family. Was this to make us think Tate killed Chase? Did Kya take to the stand during her trial and if not why not. Chases wife then gets upset when she sees with her own eyes he really does not love love her, but Kya the marsh girl.. Where is Chases wife in all the drama after Chase is found dead? She was always offering her dresses, shoes etc. I think she was deliberate in her decision to kill him. a defendant isnt required to testify because of the 5th amendment (right against self incrimination). I identify with the character a great deal. They will produce a series of pulse trains that is believed to signal an individuals presence to other crayfish. Also, why would we had heard so much about the firefly sending false signals to mates only to eat them when they came close? 2. There was a white and black school is if she wasnt black, why did they put her in that school? I dont think so. On the map, I do not see it? Why does Chase Andrews have a different last name than his parents? Where the Crawdads Sing is a 2018 novel by Delia Owens. Safety and survival. Me too. One detail did not work out as planned. And with her money she gets plumbing and electricity out to the marsh? Where EXACTLY can I read where Kya and Chase were on the fire tower and he fell/was pushed to his death??? How did Chase get lured to The Tower at 12:00 at night?? A possible explanation for why Kya took the shell from Chases dead body: in order to use it to frame Tate. I pity any foster parents who take you on. Tates whole face smiled. Also where is the Fire House Looking deep inside the cardboard box, he finds something else: the shell necklace that Chase wore until he died. This is confirmed by her publisher. The shell was meaningful when she gave it to Chase. ooo thanks for letting me know, Ill take a look to see whats up! It was published by Putnam in August 2018. Why was Tate, who always wore a red cap in his work, never considered a suspect in the book? Am surprised that no one appears to have suggested one obvious interpretation. I read WTCS back in 2018. It states, In another time and place, an old black man and a young white woman might have hugged. I think it is one of the best murder mysteries I have read. What happen to Chases wife? Does Kya ever verbally say she did not kill Chase in either the book or movie? She Could have followed Chase out there in a boat similar to Kyas 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 wonder if he at first resisted be as he had true feelings and respect for her but then succumbed to the toxic masculinity pressures. He was a Big Man on Campus say his mom when she asks the sheriff about the necklace she saw one night at dinner when Pearl, the wife was not there. Thanks for thisvery insightful and helpful. Same when Chase had dinner with mother she wasnt there. 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.) I think she snuck back to the Marsh because the attendant at the motel made her uncomfortable. How did Chase die in Where the Crawdads Sing. Would be nice to hear about Tates perspective all the years he was gone and thought of Kya, or even visited from afar. In 2018, biologist and author Delia Owens released "Where the Crawdads Sing," a murder mystery/romance interwoven with symbolism based on Owens' extensive knowledge of ecology and animal. 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. Kyas alibi is that she was in Greenville, meeting with her publisher, on the day Chase was killed. Simply put, Kya and Tate finally manage to live a happy life together. 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. How clever of her to take it back and hide its existence. And her meager shack ( that was not the best in the first place ) never leaks; the front steps never rot. Tate searches their Marsh home and finds Chase's missing shell necklace along with some of Kya's poems. The return bus departed at 2:30. In the trial, Kyas lawyer said that the red fibers could have been there during Kyas relationship with Chase, but the lawyer wasnt aware how recently shed received the cap. Directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay by Lucy Alibar, the film is an adaptation of Delia Owens' best-selling 2018 novel of the same name. And she never gets sick..,only steps on a rusted nail once. Instead, Tate realizes that Kya has had the necklace all along. does tate know that chase tried to sexually assault kya, when he finds out that she murdered him? But Kyas remarkable strength, exceptionalism and beauty actually touched him, made him feel. Heres everything we know about the hat: In Chapter 43, Tate offers Kya his red hat because its cold. Where the Crawdads Sing: Questions and Answers (Spoilers, Ending, Etc. Thats how she lured him there. They looked so beautiful! I think Kyas murder of Chase IS JUSTIFIED, because, at least in the movie, he rapes her. Poems by Emily Dickinson. Struggling with distance learning? 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. The 2 shrimpers testified that Kya came out of the woods yelling that if Chase touched her again, shed kill him. Her poem 'The Firefly' reveals the truth about Chase's death. Her past work (as a wildlife scientist in Africa), as well as the title of this novel, are a reflection of this. But the pen name is the baffling part. This speaks to the fact that Chases own father knew what he really was: a psychopath. Summary. My biggest disappointment from this book was that, even though you know Kya ate natural, and was a very slim woman (who I would imagine being in great health) she died way too early in life. Why did Tate burn all her poems when he found them? Tate has The Marsh Girl inscribed on her headstone. Petit fours, blackberry jam, Sugar Daddy (candy), caramel cake. She intended to survive at the expense of one of the players, her lover Tate; but, :). Observing this phenomenon in nature taught her that theres a certain power in sex appeal, and she never thought of this as evil or wrong because she saw it as a simple fact of nature. Yes, this is my question. He was, after all, the one who got the marsh girls cherry. Obviously was not necessary unless to make us think. Meaning she didnt kill because she was scared, she killed him because she was hurt. This took place weeks before the murder, but in court when they were questioned, it seems like they were identifying her and her boat the night of the murder? With so little time to do all that, how did she know that Chase would be at the Tower? There are certain people who cant stand to lose, and who feel entitled to make their victims pay for fighting back. The sheriffs just couldnt find the necklace. Its exemplary! Why was she not a subject, at the trial, or even say why her husband was gone from her side out in the marsh? No, hes dead. Even Chases mother didnt recognize that her son was missing the necklace until well after the fact, weeks later even. I know they did not get married because they were like geese with soulmates, but I didnt understand why they did not have children. Do you think he agreed with the murder or felt differently about her in anyway as a result? I wished she and Tate would have had more years together, and I also hurt for them that they had no children of their own, as I feel Kya would have made such a loving mother But hey we cant have it all in a story. Just saw the movie! But Price also says there was a skinny passenger on that bus who couldve been a tall woman disguised as a man. Folks hear n see almost everything. 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 final touch,Unfinished;The last step, a trap.Down, down he falls,His eyes still holding mine Until they see another world. Dont get me wrong, he is despicable, and his behavior and actions towards her were unforgivable, but I think buried deep in all that, there was a small potential to be a good person. Also, I couldnt help reflect further on the contrast wiht Chase and Tate with the alfha male and sneaker fuckers data. yeah, I think based on what we know, the bus person is her. This does not seem realistic. The murderer question bothers meI just finished the book: Kya did NOT kill Chase. Where would Kya have found it if Tate had actually killed Chase and somehow hidden it. The answer to all of these questions is a (tentative) yes. 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. P.S.Even I cried during the end.I still feel numb about Kyas and Jumpin death and also for Tate especially when he discovered her poems which revealed her true feelings and secrets. Great movie. 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. i was wondering, is there any significance to the cat that kya spends time with in her prison cell? Shes petting the resident cat who visits her in her cell. 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. Did Kya threaten to kill Chase before she killed him? The soundtrack album is by Canadian composer Mychael Danna. I wanted to say that I think another reason the ski cap was such a big deal was to make the reader think that maybe Tate could have killed chase. Great book. The females got what they wantedfirst a mate, then a mealjust by changing their signals. Falcons and many other beings as well. I loved the book, but one part seemed so out of character even considering the poems she wrote. I work in the dental field, it is extremely likely that someone with a natural diet who eats very little sugar wouldnt have cavities. How did she get it off his body without leaving footprints? Take it to the bank Swamp folks dont cotton to city folk. It stated, In another time and place, an old black man and a young white woman might have hugged. It has sold over two million copies and has been translated into 37 languages. She became more precious to us on every page. The book was Brilliant! Word Count: 415. What color hair did kya have. I too think that Chase cared for Kya in his own twisted 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. From the book: Well, we better hide way out there where the crawdads sing. Discuss the importance of art in Kyas life. Even more awful movie. Great book. 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? 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. Her plan called for Tate to be a suspect also, likely even to be the foremost suspect. They can describe the incident IN DETAIL, even years after it has happened. 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. 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. She was concerned about being called a whore which I find out ironic as she had no reputation to protect. Why seems he would have done it himself. She did what she needed to do to survive. The police didnt look for it until after Patty Love came in the office and asked about it. ), Summary and Review for Where the Crawdads Sing, Everything We Know about the Where the Crawdads Sing Movie. The feathers, the shells, the gulls, the fireflies, the fog, even the smells came off the pages. 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. She was a person with no experience in that area. Where they her children or her sibling(s) and their children? Where the Crawdads Sing is a 2022 American mystery thriller drama film based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Delia Owens.It was directed by Olivia Newman from a screenplay by Lucy Alibar, and was produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter. 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. Where did they find the red cap not just the fibers? Is so, do you know the title and author? Where the Crawdads Sing is a bestselling novel that sold over a million copies in 2019. Known as the 'marsh girl' she is different to her neighbours, having a deep affinity with nature. People often die the way they live, so these are good theory. Loved it. I always thought that she accidentally killed Chase and then covered her tracks and everything. The book covers and Kyas illustrations throughout the movie were stunning. The central plot of Where the Crawdads Sing the "strong storyline" Owens alludes to in her BookPage interview is Kya's murder trial. One version of Crawdads has Kya going to Asheville and one version she goes to Greenville, which makes more sense. The night her mum sends a letter he gets drunk and abusive again so did Kya go into survival mode again? Kya had left Chase sprawled on the dirt. As far as her not showing remorse for killing Chase, after Chase bruised her face and and tried to assault her, she went to the reading house, she watched and thought about insects killing their mates. Luring him was as easyAs flashing valentines.But like a lady fireflyThey hid a secret call to die. Thats a very good theory. Well I think at some point Tate knew that it was Kya who pushed Chase to death. The only thing tying her to the scene was the fibres from Tates red hat, that he gave her only recently. Kaya could have went to the Fire Tower once back in town and found it. I have thoroughly enjoyed the book and will certainly endeavour to read others. But I cant recall her motive for killing Chase. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. They are not mentioned at the trial as audience or protestors or witnesses. Its quite easy to imagine a conversation taking place planning Chases murder. 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