He probably walked. Follow along on Goodreads, or keep in touch via the newsletter. Teachers and parents! But now I cant recall why and the summary doesnt explain it. Reading through the comments I noticed that no one has questioned a mental breakdown as a possibility for Kya and murdering Chase Andrews. But suddenly the female firefly reached up, grabbed him with her mouth, and ate him, chewing all six legs and both wings. From the creators of SparkNotes, something better. 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). However, the mention of a flashing valentine makes me think she picked him up somewhere in her boat maybe with a flashing signal and they boated toward the tower together, which might explain why there was no truck there nor was his boat there. Berta. I think he mainly stayed home and prayed. I pity any foster parents who take you on. Tates whole face smiled. Only Patti and Sam are at the verdict. Kya should have left all together if she was being mistreated, etc. Then next thing I know hes sitting at the court behind her. How she did it? The presence of the shell on a rawhide necklace ends up in her subfloor is a question I dont see answered. 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? 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. They move in together, hiring someone to create a lab and make some home improvements so that they can spend their lives there. Forget the lack of time to pull it all off, but rather the premeditated and calculated effort to know how to do that and get away with it. Why did he have dinner with his mother without his wife ? She's accused of murdering Chase Andrews (Harris Dickinson), a former quarterback and local golden boy in their small town of Barkley Cove, after he's found dead at the bottom of a fire tower in the marsh. Again, its clear that Kya has managed to find happiness in her life. Why did the sheriff go out and find Tate and take him away. Where the Crawdads Sing Quotes Showing 61-90 of 1,170. The infamous red hat. So the fibers were actually the smoking gun. (Then they stopped laughing and simply looked at each other as they lobbed the cap back and forth until she motored around the bend.). I think she had a mental breakdown over the years and developed split personalities. And where were her editors when her cringeworthy attempts at writing in dialect were included? I cant shake off the feeling that theres part of him, deeply buried, that genuinely cared for Kya and was touched by the gift. Or, if not, why didnt he tell anyone that it was his hatso I dont believe that IF it was her who killed Chase, that Tate didnt suspect it until he found the poem. Fireflies Symbol Analysis. There are certain people who cant stand to lose, and who feel entitled to make their victims pay for fighting back. What did she mean by we already are like the geese. There are a number of questions (about the ending, explanations, other spoilers, etc.) Great movie. A possible explanation for why Kya took the shell from Chases dead body: in order to use it to frame Tate. Just wondering how Kya got all the knowledge about birds. At that point, it becomes a symbol of Kya taking herself back or taking back the power in their relationship (or her dignity or something else) which could be the reason she would want to keep this symbol of her reclaiming something she feels he took from her. One detail did not work out as planned. 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)? Ie. Looking deep inside the cardboard box, he finds something else: the shell necklace that Chase wore until he died. Would be nice to hear about Tates perspective all the years he was gone and thought of Kya, or even visited from afar. Not one major hurricane ( heck, I live inland on the Alabama/Georgia line outside Atlanta, and we have hurricanes here all the time they take down major trees, and blow homes apart. Instant downloads of all 1682 LitChart PDFs 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. Did ma go back to New Orleans and her family? 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? As she watches this, she sees that females in nature have a certain power that they can lord over males, since males are so eager to mate with them that they overlook certain dangers. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. Biology sees right and wrong as the same color in different light. Why did her family walk out of her life? 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. I was leaning toward Jumpin as the murderer. How could she have met him on middle of night, climbed a tower pushed him off got back to bus and back to that town where she was staying. They never show the red hat in court, so Tate had no way of knowing it was his own hat. Where EXACTLY can I read where Kya and Chase were on the fire tower and he fell/was pushed to his death??? Yes, its real and now Federally protected wonder where one could encounter many now-endangered species. One mate kills another? If she were innocent she could have figured out what happened then writing her poem later. Set in 1950s and 1960s North Carolina, the narrative blends . Agree. I absolutely loved and appreciated the movie and will be reading the book but Im from Asheville, NC and confused about the setting. Did he drive there? Tate, her husband, finds one of these poems (that Kya wrote) along with the necklace that ties Kya to the murder. Money used to go a lot further than it does today, and her first check alone was for $5,000. The shell was missing from the body. Did Tate and Kya have children together. Good question. And she never gets sick..,only steps on a rusted nail once. How would he know it was HIS red hat? 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. En dit in alle eenzaamheid. I believe if Tate had murdered Chase he wouldnt have allowed Kya to be accused of murder. On the map, I do not see it? Her tracks are then covered by the tide theory. I guess some woman may have been attracted to that but I doubt it. Kya is described to have dark tan skin (which makes sense because shes outside all day), dark brown eyes, full lips and black hair. It states in the novel that she thought it would be with her sons effects or belongings that they took off her sons body in order to do the autopsy. Could Chase have fallen because the grate was removed by her but she wasnt there but came back to get the necklace? thank you so much for your thoughts! Also she wasnt a big part of the story, only in it to show that he was adulterous. At first, it. Im so curious how she never got pregnant and why nothing was ever said about her having children! i just watched the movie yesterday, planning on reading the book but I havent yet. Was surprised the wifes testimony wasnt in the book, was my primary suspect but loved the twist. It represented what he took from her. Did he die? Possibly that cat hair sticks to clothing and hands while petting it. Nature had become her family and moral compass. 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. He did wear the shell necklace every day from the time she gave it to him, even for the year after she dumped him. Please excuse all the grammar errors, typos, misspelling, and run-on sentences. Reading her message, the second male was convinced hed found a willing female of his own kind and hovered above her to mate. I mean how else did she know how to get away with it. These people knew her and loved her and likely understood that this was the only way she would ever get justice or not be murdered herself. She saw that she did not want to, nor did she deserve to, live in fear because a predator decided to target her. After a long while, Chase came back and endangered her. So, the red hat mostly serves to provide intriguing but not definitive evidence at the trial and during the investigation. She never thought about revenge after she knew that Chase is a liar and betrayed her. He may even have cared for Kya more in his shallow, selfish way. 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. Especially since driving to Raleigh makes more sense? For all the details, see Everything We Know about the Where the Crawdads Sing Movie. Is this realistic? later on, the cat is found on the chair in the courtroom, im having some trouble seeing the big picture of the cats meaning. Thats all. I have searched all around the chapter before and after! In giftshops throughout the region. That bothered me too. Was it just a mistake that late in the book it says Jumpin tells Kya the day after she gets back from her trip that Chase is dead and everyone is talking about the shell necklace he always wore being missing. Did the lawyer know Kya was guilty before the trial?/after the trial?/ not at all! Also, why would we had heard so much about the firefly sending false signals to mates only to eat them when they came close? Many viewers were shocked by the surprising conclusion of Where the Crawdads Sing. The well never goes drynever freezes up or gives her any trouble. 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. His majority was the clich narcissistic macho man. When Chase attempts to rape her, he was drunk and hit her. 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. No vaccines, no dentist but she grows up so beautiful the two most eligible men in town want to date her? 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. I really liked this novel, but I really had to suspend judgement and give the author a lot of leeway. I was always intrigued by the reasons why Chase chose to wear the shell necklace gifted by Kya all the time. Kya was very artistic at drawing and writing. 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. For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" haunted Barkley Cove, isolating the sharp and resilient Kya from her community. Did I miss what happened to Kyas father? I definitely agree about the townspeople, I think stories like these are so important for helping people to think about whether they themselves are acting as the townspeople for someone else in their community who is different or unconventional. Marsh is a space of light, where grass grows in water, and water flows into the sky. Ky probably took the hat in the end. Kya killed Chase because it was what she felt like it was right, her moral compass shaped by the nature. The shell was meaningful when she gave it to Chase. :), 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. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. 1. I know they did not get married because they were like geese with soulmates, but I didnt understand why they did not have children. I do not recommend this book or this author. Where would Kya have found it if Tate had actually killed Chase and somehow hidden it. It makes little sense to me. John King (the bus driver for the 2:30 P.M. bus from Barkley Cove to Greenville) also says there was no one on the bus that resembles Kya. I grew up a foster child and know what it was to be alone. Evil was not in play, just life pulsing on, ***even at the expense of some of the players***. How did Kia get the nickname Kia from Catherine? Why did Kya keep the necklace after she killed Chase? Suddenly, it becomes clear to Tate that Kya did kill Chase, that she perfectly planned the murder by disguising herself on buses and riding her boat on riptides to get to the fire tower in time. Reflecting back to the necklace I remember this was a very special shell but couldnt remember the scenario when Kya gave it it Chase. You can read the poem here: The Firefly Poem Where The Crawdads Sing. He will beat her probably beyond recognition, raped her and even kill her to satisfy his sick ego. Tate had also abandoned Kya for several years, perhaps he could let her take the blame. And Tate ended up with it, right? In terms of whether the timing works, at the trial, its mentioned that the 11:50 bus was 25 minutes late. 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