Crawdads make a strange sound when in the water to alert other crawdads of a predator nearby. Chases wife then gets upset when she sees with her own eyes he really does not love love her, but Kya the marsh girl.. Been together for more than 40 years and never ever have that conversation. 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. Hi Nancy, the sheriff was letting Tate know that his dad passed away. She saw mantises mating and female ate the head off of the Male mantis while she was on the run. With so little time to do all that, how did she know that Chase would be at the Tower? ooo thanks for letting me know, Ill take a look to see whats up! 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 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. Her lawyer argued that the red fibres couldve been on Chase for four years (he didnt know how long shed had the hat) which is partly why she was acquitted. The sheriff came to tell him his father was dead. Hence the whole story and the plot while living in the swamp. Well said. Was he realizing she was guilty after all? (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. why was Chases wife never mentioned after his death or at the trial? I enjoyed the book. I loved the book and just saw the movie last week. 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. What are the titles of all the books Kya (Catherine Danielle Clark) wrote throughout her lifetime? At end of movie showing credits etc. I am having a hard time visualizing how he walked in the fire house and them stumbled backwards? If it is, please direct me. The book covers and Kyas illustrations throughout the movie were stunning. Nature had become her family and moral compass. Doesnt make sense. Could Chase have fallen because the grate was removed by her but she wasnt there but came back to get the necklace? Kya killed Chase because it was what she felt like it was right, her moral compass shaped by the nature. Kyas situation was absolutely a do or die scenario and she chose not to lie down and let the marsh erase her existence. Being isolated was one thing; living in fear, quite another.). Kya is highly intelligent and to move the plot forward needs to . Thanks for your post and answers, very helpful!! I think she called him and asked him to meet her at the fire tower. I was leaning toward Jumpin as the murderer. 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. 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. I believe Chases mother has mentioned that she waited until the autopsy was completed and received the complete report. I loved this book but was hoping for more answers or a detailed account of how she lured/killed him. 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. :), 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. 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. No mention is made of his fancy ski being seen that night or mussing. Chase was, as most people, multidimensional. 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.. was unable to carry out her plan to plant the shell neckless on Tate. But I wonder if at the same time he had a glimpse of better and a chance for being more before his toxic attitudes overcame this window of opportunity? Kya should have left all together if she was being mistreated, etc. I dont think Chase was indifferent about Kya. Thank you. She kills him to survive because she knows he will eventually hunt and eat her/kill her. Loved the book. What about the books that were supposedly published. Thats all. Thats a very good theory. Loved the movie. Whats different, though, is that the townspeople are no longer so intolerant of her alternative lifestyle. to go out and KILL Kya. But to kill someone. [31] On July 5, 2021, Cosmopolitan reported that filming had wrapped. 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. Im hoping that someonemaybe the illustrator, or Delia Owens or Reese Witherspoon will see how nice it would be to actually publish those books! I do not believe Kya killed Chase. And with her money she gets plumbing and electricity out to the marsh? Sure hope that someone who could get those books published sees this! He just never came back. At trial, theres a discussion of whether this was feasible in 50 minutes. This is confirmed by her publisher. Petit fours, blackberry jam, Sugar Daddy (candy), caramel cake. Crawdads are specifically references in a symbolically way in the text. Its exemplary! that get asked pretty frequently about this book, so I thought Id just answer them here. Kyas full name is Catherine Danielle Clark. The full text of The Firefly is below. I found this strange. 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. 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. Dangerous predators must be killed or you will die. Ever. Kya is brilliant but simple-not knowing the ways of the world. (Then they stopped laughing and simply looked at each other as they lobbed the cap back and forth until she motored around the bend.). Kya watched others. Tate had motive, opportunity, strength, time and knowledge to create disguises for the bus. The sheriff and deputy found it when they went in with the search warrent. I will always love this book. She set it up for a night time meeting. 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? I have gotten so many e-mails and comments about this red hat that (a full year after reading this!) In killing him, she likely wanted revenge, but also to reclaim some sense of power or something like that. Evil was not in play, just life pulsing on, ***even at the expense of some of the players***. All the same, though, her acceptance of romance doesnt change her overall outlook on life, which prioritizes survival over all elsea somewhat sinister fact, given that she seemingly no longer has any reason to think in such ruthless terms. 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. Who knows for sure, but she didnt seem she could or would have been able to do the whole bus thing. 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. [32] The film was released on July 15, 2022. Also, why would we had heard so much about the firefly sending false signals to mates only to eat them when they came close? Did he? Hello- love your explanations. On the map, I do not see it? 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. How did Chase die in Where the Crawdads Sing. I dont understand why Kya didnt want to marry Tate? Also, her mother had a mental breakdown so I may run in the family and under stress people change. . I love your take on the murder. Did Tate and Kya have children together. Otherwise, GREAT book! Take it to the bank Swamp folks dont cotton to city folk. Wh. 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. The books she wrote in the movie are these books real did Kyas actually publish books if so, under what name? i get what happened and why with all he hints throughout about Kyas thought on Nature and lovers etc. Its not really stated how exactly she lures him to fire tower. Witherspoon told Vanity Fair in. 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. Kya had left Chase sprawled on the dirt. A possible explanation for why Kya took the shell from Chases dead body: in order to use it to frame Tate. Kya knew judgment had no place here. And where were her editors when her cringeworthy attempts at writing in dialect were included? At the end of Where the Crawdads Sing, Kya is acquitted for the murder, and Kya realizes that she loved Tate all along. Love must be free to wander, To land upon its chosen shore Asheville is not a coastal town; its simply a large city that gets mentioned a few times in the book. When Chase attempts to rape her, he was drunk and hit her. What did she mean by we already are like the geese. Evil was not in play, just life pulsing on, even at the expense of some of the players. As a mental health therapist, I have clients who fear their perpetrator and feel as though they have no control or little control, unless they move away from that rapist or molester. Thats all the book says. I must have missed something. Where the Crawdads Sing is a tale of immense loneliness. Jodie and his wife had children and visited a few times a year to fish and be a family. Does anyone have her exact line? I think its not about revenge here. Only the author, Delia Owens, can tell us what she had originally intended. Well I think at some point Tate knew that it was Kya who pushed Chase to death. She's accused of murdering Chase Andrews (Harris. 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. 'Luring him was as easy,' reads the first line in the poem. Interesting thoughts, but I see it differently. Overall I truly enjoyed the entire story, even though the author puts a lot of detail into the descriptions of nature, and Kyas work, but it is also cool because it gives you the story from a scientists point of view (which our Author happens to be). Did Kya take to the stand during her trial and if not why not. This gives them time to execute their plan to kill Chase. At least until the pressures of society and his need to fit in with the persona he had there kicked in. Yeah. The motel owner mentions that she didnt know how to use the phone which to me suggests she asked how to use it. She never gets snake bit or breaks an arm ( most kids break an arm or a toe, or something, in their lives ). The book was too far fetched for me. Hence why she wasnt so concerned or over worried because she didnt actually kill him. Reflecting back to the necklace I remember this was a very special shell but couldnt remember the scenario when Kya gave it it Chase. Chases wife shocked at the murder she just commuted and furious that Kya a marsh girl had captivated her husband, she sets out to lay the necklace on Kyas front porch as a means of Chases final good buy to Kya and to possibly frame her. She was always by herself, her father rarely talked and she could not read. Evil was not in play, just life pulsing on, even at the expense of some of the players. I cant find anything anywhere. Why does she describe the Piedmont as flat, with the mountains visible in the distsnce? 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. Kya was very artistic at drawing and writing. 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. There was no mention of her during the investigation nor trial. 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. My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class.. Where EXACTLY can I read where Kya and Chase were on the fire tower and he fell/was pushed to his death??? 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. Required fields are marked *. Hi Im curious as to why Kya was upset and angry that she was put on trial for the murder when she was guilty? How do you think Kya lured him without leaving a trace? 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. Jumpins wife. Why wasnt Pearl mentioned in the book or movie right after Chases death? It seemed like a perfect name for a boy who was chasing a girl the way he was chasing Kya. I think Chase caught her coming back in the night and followed her to the tower. there was an older lady, tall like Miss Clark, who had gray hair, short with curls, like a permanent wave. p.315. )even at the expense of some of the players*.. Shes petting the resident cat who visits her in her cell. I am confused about one thing. I cant imagine how kya could find disguises and lure Chase on her own. Even if the author were to tell me in person, I dont believe the character of Kya was capable of planning such an intricate plan. in general, defendants in criminal cases dont testify unless their lawyer feels they absolutely must for some reason. I too think that Chase cared for Kya in his own twisted way. Pretty far fetched. Chases mother is the one that pushed the necklace theory to the cops after all. It was the marsh that shielded her from being placed at the scene, almost like it was her real family coming to her rescue. I dont think the book really got into why Kya wasnt put on the stand, but generally if a lawyer feels like a defendant is more likely to incriminate themselves or come off badly, then they wont testify. Thanks! Why did her family walk out of her life? Like her mother having a psychotic breakdown, Kya snapped when she realized that she was living deep in the swamp and was defenseless. What was her reaction when he came home battered after Kias attack. Very interesting anylisis. Instead, Tate realizes that Kya has had the necklace all along. I didnt get that. Struggling with distance learning? Could it be that she had no memory? This speaks to the fact that Chases own father knew what he really was: a psychopath. She traveled there by bus (Jumpin had to explain to her how to buy a bus ticket). It was a young white man, approximately 5 10, kept his head down. 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. How did Kya end up with the red hat? I mean how else did she know how to get away with it. The village grows into a city, but Tate and Kya never visit either way. And in the privacy of the marsh, he could be soft. Berta. A fisherman named Scupper proclaims his love of poetry, declaring that poems "make ya feel something." He's right. to have sex with her, lay claim to that publicly, distance himself by objectifying and reducing her real worth to him. How did Kya get Chase to the fire tower that night? Why did the sheriff go out and find Tate and take him away. I pity any foster parents who take you on. Tates whole face smiled. I just saw the movie, and my mom and I are discussing the covering of the traces. He may have run off with another woman, but he was old, ugly, damaged from the war, mean as a snake and had no visible means of support other than his war pension and ir social security. 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. I think Kya called Chase to organise a meet up. Tate never sees it. She thought the insects knew how to deal with their mates. How did Chase get to the fire tower that night? She then removes his shell necklace. Beyond that, after the sexual assault, she worries that he will feel the need to have the last word after she left him sprawled on the dirt, and she doesnt want to live in fear waiting for him to come at her again (Shed learned over and over from Pa: these men had to have the last punch. Where the Crawdads Sing Quotes Showing 61-90 of 1,170. He had a bad heart, maybe a heart attack. Delia Owen discusses the origins of this phrase and how it relates to her life in an interview with Hello Sunshine. Its quite easy to imagine a conversation taking place planning Chases murder. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. Print Word PDF. She saw the world differently because of how she was raised. She just wasnt worldly enough for considering disguising herself differently twice, etc. She is also Kya's favorite poet, and Kya recites her poetry for comfort in times of emotional stress. Carolins wild creatures (the valentines and mantis) taught her that killing is not really a sin, but a natural instinct to survive. physically fighting with Chase, and while wearing the red cap. Please and Thank you! Not too soon after, the townspeople suspect who they call . I think she snuck back to the Marsh because the attendant at the motel made her uncomfortable. 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