He was not arrested. Meaning she didnt kill because she was scared, she killed him because she was hurt. 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. Why did Kyas siblings not take her along when they escaped? I was wondering if calling Chase Chase was a symbolic choice. In Where the Crawdads Sing, poetry is an important part of Kya's life. Well, sort of. I think she snuck back to the Marsh because the attendant at the motel made her uncomfortable. I think either its a confession from kya or kya knew Tate did it and she meant for him to find the poems she had written with a fake name. I cant figure out when Jodie showed up to the trail. In short, Kya projected her father to Chase. How did Chase Andrews die? Why is poetry important to her? Who else would do that but Chase? If no..why not? Oh and the Firefly poem is just her observation on what may have happened to Chase and his wife, not reflection on Kya and Chases relationship. I dont entirely understand why this hat has inspired so much curiosity, but here goes. Otherwise, GREAT book! Kya had intended to frame Tate for the murder. Its never mentioned in the book or the movie. So hes rarely mentioned again after hes gone, except to comment on his evil nature. Her tracks are then covered by the tide theory. The female firefly that Kya watches eat a potential mate represents the same kind of power that she herself taps into when she uses her own sex appeal to lure Chase into a death trap. 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. Folks hear n see almost everything. The one in particular that I liked but dont really understand is the one that starts off Sunsets are never simple. Another is Child to child, eye to eye One by one, they walked out their life. He could have left Chase a not from Kya asking him to meet her. Jumpins wife. Ever. Thought it was very well done. They can describe the incident IN DETAIL, even years after it has happened. She mentioned several times that there is no good or bad in the animal world, just life and death. No one seems to mention this, but wouldnt Tate have known that Kya killed Chase, because he knew he had only recently given her the cap before the murder? QUESTION: Im guessing that was a gray curly wig Kya wore. does tate know that chase tried to sexually assault kya, when he finds out that she murdered him? Why was Tate, who always wore a red cap in his work, never considered a suspect in the book? Does he die? Only the author, Delia Owens, can tell us what she had originally intended. Why was it all about his mother. Why was she not a subject, at the trial, or even say why her husband was gone from her side out in the marsh? It would make sense to have an accomplice. He had a bad heart, maybe a heart attack. Tate ends up alone with no offspring with Kya. How would he know that information only one day after Chase had passed. . Filming took place from mid-April through mid/late-June 2021 in and around New Orleans and Houma, Louisiana. 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? No mention is made of his fancy ski being seen that night or mussing. Our, "Sooo much more helpful thanSparkNotes. 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. I thought she & Tate tossed it back & forth in their boats & it ended up in Tates boat. Terrible writing. When the entire town of Barkley Cove attends Kyas funeral, readers see the extent to which the narrative surrounding her changed in the aftermath of the trial. Chases mother is the one that pushed the necklace theory to the cops after all. Her poem 'The Firefly' reveals the truth about Chase's death. So Tate would have seen it. She concealed the bruises as her Mother did. 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. She became more precious to us on every page. I think Kya didnt want to take the stand because she killed him . There, laid out carefully on cotton, was the shell necklace Chase had worn until the night he died. 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. Im sure thats something she just didnt know about and did not think of at the time. Its the most plausible answer to how Kya could have been able to kill Chase, though theres not a firm confirmation of it. I dont think so. One boy, tanned and dark haired looked like Joidie (assuming she looks like her brother). Even face jail or the death penalty. I understood the one about The Firefly, and Broken Gull of Brandon Beach, but failed to get a handle on some of the others. *Female insects, Kya thought, know how to deal with their lovers. (lovers is plural ! It represented what he took from her. It states, In another time and place, an old black man and a young white woman might have hugged. 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. Instant downloads of all 1682 LitChart PDFs Crawdads dont exactly sing, but they make noises if you want to count that. Where did Kya get the wig she wore as a disguise on the bus? In the poms that Tate found at the end of the book, all the answers will be in that. Where the Crawdads Sing tells the story of Kya, an abandoned girl who raised herself to adulthood in the dangerous marshlands of North Carolina. I think Delia is reliving her relationship with her own Mom through the title. 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). As Tate goes to look through her possessions he finds a hidden compartment with poems by a local author (these are referenced throughout the book). )even at the expense of some of the players*.. 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? Thats all. Incidentally, its also the city where Delia Owens lives.). No, Where the Crawdads Sing is a work of fiction. Trapped inside, Love is a caged beast, Eating its own flesh. As Pa would have it, Kya had to be taught a lesson. Chase would not let this go. Consider the above quotes, plus these facts. The gist of it is that, depending on factors such as her method of travel or the water conditions, it could have been possible. Jodie and his wife had children and visited a few times a year to fish and be a family. But where did Kya get a gray curly wig? . *** (lovers is plural !). I thought jumping might have committed the murder. Tate has The Marsh Girl inscribed on her headstone. They will always be the trump cards because they are passed on more frequently from one generation to the next than the gentler genes. OK, I just finished the book for the first time. Where the Crawdads Sing PDF is a novel by Delia Owens. It has sold over two million copies and has been translated into 37 languages. The shell was meaningful when she gave it to Chase. So I didnt mind it there was enough emotion and intrigue to keep me interested. Also, commenter Si Aspen adds: On pg 222, there is a conversation between Kya and Jumpin. Another part of the poem reads, 'The last step, a trap./ The novel has sold more than 12 million copies and has returned to the top of The New York Times fiction bestseller list in both print and audio. The infamous red hat. 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. I have gotten so many e-mails and comments about this red hat that (a full year after reading this!) How is that possible? The book does not explicitly state Kyas reasons for keeping the shell necklace. Kyas alibi is that she was in Greenville, meeting with her publisher, on the day Chase was killed. 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? Im curious How do you explain the significance of the necklace, then? I thought it said her art and writings had been donated to UNC Chapel Hill NC Whats with that? thank you so much for your thoughts! Doesnt make sense. But if you read the poem about flashing valentines and female fireflies luring the males to their deaths, you know she did lure him thereand the rest of the poem makes it clear she killed him. So, you could see it as her taking something back from him when she killed him. There is one poem about murdering Chase, and with it is Chases missing shell necklace, tying her to his murder. How did Chase get to the fire tower. She intended to survive at the expense of one of the players, her lover Tate; but, I think Chase wanted to keep Kya as his mistress in the marsh and married Pearl Alwayswearspearls because Pearl was the kind of girl his parents expected him to marry. But not there, not then. So that confirms that Kya is white. The answer to all of these questions is a (tentative) yes. So, the red hat mostly serves to provide intriguing but not definitive evidence at the trial and during the investigation. Loved the book. The comment by Jumpin is definitely an error that the author and editor didnt catch. If she was found guilty would he have confessed? She took the necklace back as a way of taking back her power from him. He realizes the poet was Kya, writing under a nom de plume all these years. It is the gulls she turns to in times of tremendous sorrow and grief. She was afraid and did nothing like that feeling. I identified with Kya as I was misunderstood and wrongly judged by people for a long time. Following Kya's death, Tate uncovers Chase's missing shell necklace and poems written by Kya in their home on the Marsh. How did it get to Kyas shack? 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 never says she called him. I also had this issue of loved ones leaving so I would always forgive Kya. Dangerous predators must be killed or you will die. And why was he killed? it should answer your question. Kya was not conniving or to be honest smart enough to lure Chase, plan out TWO disguises, study bus schedules to know she could go out and back in enough time to not draw attention. Certain lines in the poem reveal that Kya lured Chase to the tower where he then was pushed off and fell to his death. thats the only thing that makes sense. I think Kyas murder of Chase IS JUSTIFIED, because, at least in the movie, he rapes her. She had realized that the red fibers could have been on her somehow. Thanks! Sure hope that someone who could get those books published sees this! 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. The small moments, when he played harmonica, are glimpses of when he had a soul as Kya put it, and these were the parts of him that maybe Kya brought out and that was partially why he was also caught up with her. 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. 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. Turns out she was the published poet using a pseudonym. Yeah its pretty possible..If Kya is using disguises she must have went to the town or somebody had to buy it for her.And if she went to town to buy disguises..we would have more witnesses.So probably somebody helped her and since only Jumpin knew this..it might be him. I do not believe Kya killed Chase. Safety and survival.