How is that possible? When Where The Crawdads Sing begins, two young boys find the dead body of a man named Chase Andrews deep in the marshes of North Carolina. Instead, Tate realizes that Kya has had the necklace all along. When Kya came home, the murder was already covered up so she wouldnt have done it after she got off the bus. That happens on August 30th and a month later hes dead. 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. Kya refers to herself as white trash at one point, so I think we can safely assume that she and her family are white. 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 fire tower is close to town. He was married.I didnt think he truly loved Kya or he would not have abused her. Then tried to assault her again and she pushed him in self defense and he fell accidentally. I loved the book and movie! Why did Chase wear the necklace all the time? Wh. According to this aquarium, Crawdads (also known as Crayfish) make produce sounds through their scaphognathite, which is a thin appendage that draws water through the gill cavity. It never says she called him. The murderer question bothers meI just finished the book: Kya did NOT kill Chase. Markers of death all weathered into nubbins by elements of life from chapter 56 night heron. I understand the author lives in Asheville but using it made me question everything else. Because Pa would get drunk and beat on his mother. Could it be that she had no memory? Why seems he would have done it himself. 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. Evil was not in play, just life pulsing on, even at the expense of some of the players. I find it interesting that Kyas family had abandoned her, so she longed for family, then she was not able to create a family of her own, outside of Tate. And there is a red hat found in Kyas place later. Witnesses had seen Chase and Tate physically fighting over Kya. I believe if Tate had murdered Chase he wouldnt have allowed Kya to be accused of murder. She could have been watching somewhere and ran over after confirming he was dead.. And where were her editors when her cringeworthy attempts at writing in dialect were included? It seems like you just didnt like the book so you did your best to poke holes in every aspect of the plot. Evil was not in play, just life pulsing on, ***even at the expense of some of the players***. After a long while, Chase came back and endangered her. One by one, they walked out their life. She was angry about being abandoned by those whom she loved. I think that both Tate and Jumpin did it together. Terrible writing. Tate must have known she murdered Chase as she had the red hat he had thrown into her boat just a month before. Could you help us see who wins this bet. Love must be free to wander, To land upon its chosen shore How did kya lure chase to the fire tower in the middle of the night to kill him? [33] And whoever did the illustrations that Kya did (I assume it was not the actress, but an illustrator) did such a beautiful job! Ive tried looking online to see if there is any Crawdads merch but didnt find anything. I enjoyed the book. 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. how did tate actually feel after he found out that she did kill tate? (See the map at the end of this post.) 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. There, laid out carefully on cotton, was the shell necklace Chase had worn until the night he died. Why did her family walk out of her life? Where did Kya hide the necklace? Shes petting the resident cat who visits her in her cell. Simple minded does not mean stupid. Where the Crawdads Sing is a 2022 American mystery thriller romantic drama film based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Delia Owens. she should have been locked away. 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. There is no way she would have had enough knowledge of the real world for her to make such an elaborate plan. He was not arrested. They are not mentioned at the trial as audience or protestors or witnesses. 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. Biology sees right and wrong as the same color in different light. It ended up getting in at 1:40 P.M. at night (meaning, its an 1 hour and 35 minute bus ride). I have finally gone through the book and found all mentions of the red hat and red fibers so everyone can have a definitive answer instead of having to individually e-mail me. She never expressed vanity before. Am surprised that no one appears to have suggested one obvious interpretation. All the evidence was circumstantial. Or is he surprised? 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. Awful book. Page 207 When she realized that Chase had become a threat to her wellbeing, then, she lured him into a trap, sending him falling through the hatch in the fire tower. The sheriff came to tell him his father was dead. Was he realizing she was guilty after all? I have thoroughly enjoyed the book and will certainly endeavour to read others. I would really like to understand the meaning of some of the poems in the book. The book does not explicitly state Kyas reasons for keeping the shell necklace. Hello- love your explanations. 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. Seems like he knew (would have known) all along she was guilty. "My students can't get enough of your charts and their results have gone through the roof." Hi Im curious as to why Kia was upset and angry that she was put on trial for the murder when she was guilty? She was concerned about being called a whore which I find out ironic as she had no reputation to protect. What did she mean by we already are like the geese. What happened to Kyas father? nor his boat, when the sheriff first investigated. Jodis memories growing up of stories untold, the fathers final whereabouts/news articles on possible cause death and date, other siblings whereabouts. 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. The credits said it was filmed in Louisiana which is believable but Greenville is near the coast of NC and Im not sure there are marshes on the coast of NC so all that was confusing to me. Kyas alibi is that she was in Greenville, meeting with her publisher, on the day Chase was killed. It was a young white man, approximately 5 10, kept his head down. Obviously, Kya did take the bus back to Barkley Cove, murdered Chase and then returned to Greenville. Sequel in the making? It is revealed through a poem titled 'The Firefly' that Kya was in fact the one to kill Chase. Another child teaches her to read? Yes..I agree its not in tune with Kyas character but throughout the book from Pa treating Ma harshly,Ma living her kids alone to survive, to fireflies mating process Kya learned that she didnt want to live in fear like Ma-waiting where the next fist would hit..Either Chase had to leave her forever which he wouldnt as he claims that she belongs to him..or she had to live Marsh forever..But Marsh was her only home..not just home but something close to mother.The wilderness taught her she had to find a way to survive-from fireflies giving deceiving signals to second mates and later killing them..the fireflies indeed knew a way to deal with their lovers.Kya learned more by nature than humans(she never really lived with them as they never accepted her the way she is like the marsh).So she accepted and played by the rule of nature than civil human moral code..So she had to kill Chase in order to survive and protect her.More importantly this is more about how situations influence Kyas decision than her character..she had no choice as nobody would believe her harrassment story and Chase would never stop. Why did the sheriff go out and find Tate and take him away. LitCharts Teacher Editions. Hmmm I thought of my childhood days living in The Great Dismal Swamp. Was it because of the beating from Chase? What I didnt understand was why Kya never was called to declared during the trial. 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. And in the last chapter, it seems like Tate and Kya never had the conversation about what happened to Chase, is only when she died that he knew that was her. And she never gets sick..,only steps on a rusted nail once. Chase, was a threat to her existence, and she killed him because thats how marsh animals guarantee their survival. 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. Slow-moving creeks wander, carrying the orb of the sun with them to the sea, and long-legged birds lift with unexpected graceas though not built to flyagainst the roar of a . Why wasnt Pearl mentioned in the book or movie right after Chases death? I was wondering who were the two men that were hugging that was seen by the lawyer? Jumpins wife. This section contains 565 words. Only Patti and Sam are at the verdict. Yes, this is my question. 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. If the red hat is the one Tate tossed with her, or even gave her later that would mean Tate knew she was at the crime scene when they mentioned it in court. At trial, theres a discussion of whether this was feasible in 50 minutes. He just never came back. Did ma go back to New Orleans and her family? At the end of the trail when Kya was leaving the court room, the camera focused on her hand laying on her stomach. Toch de voorliefde voor de natuur en de mens, kan de kracht en schoonheid evenaren, Does the lawyer know kya is guilty? Why was Tate arrested (pgs. Female insects, Kya thought, know how to deal with their lovers. [lovers is plural !] I think like the reply on the comment above, it was a trophy for him. And for the person wondering how Kya learned to speak correctly, if you read a lot, you do learnand her mother was intelligent and taught the children many things, such as never to say aint., Were the hundred dollar bills that she paid off the property with really bills that would have been used in the 1960s? Did I miss what happened to Kyas father? When Kyas books get published, we see Jumpin placing them for sale in the window of his store. Even Chases mother didnt recognize that her son was missing the necklace until well after the fact, weeks later even. I think of why did Chase keep wearing that shell necklace anyway? Thank you for pursuing the movies making. 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. It states, In another time and place, an old black man and a young white woman might have hugged. It was well known, and Chasess mother testified on the witness stand attesting to the fact, that Chase always wore the shell, he never took it off. But who taught her? The original text plus a side-by-side modern translation of. Chase was, as most people, multidimensional. Tate never sees it. Pretty far fetched. 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. The incident in question is only very tenuously connected to Delia Owens, but if you are curious, feel free to read the discussion of Slates Delia Owens expose. 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