https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3 How does abandonment/human connection affect relationship development? en-us 2022-05-12 18:00:11 UTC 2025-10-27 05:42:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://the-bibliofile.com/wp-content/uploads/crawdadsmovie4.jpg cyu20221 https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2193933485 Delia Owens, born in 1949, is an author and zoologist that grew up in Thomasville, South Georgia. As a young girl, Owens' mother encouraged her to explore in the woods "...where the crawdads sing", this is where her love for nature and inspiration for the book came from. Since then, Owens has considered nature her "true companion" and one of her "best friends".
From her love of writing and nature to her strong emotions about relationships, Where the Crawdads Sing heavily reflect Owen' as a person. ]]> 2022-05-21 14:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2193933485 cyu20221 https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194075531 The first timeline in Where the Crawdads sing follows a young girl named Kya who is based in an isolated marsh in North Carolina spanning the years 1952 to 1969. The second timeline is of a murdered young man named Chase Andrews, who is based in a fictional coastal town called Barkley Cove located in North Carolina. 
Although simplistic, the swamp actually has deep meanings for both Owens, the writer, and Kya, the main character. 
For Owens, the marsh symbolized her childhood. As a young girl, Owens grew up in South Georgia and would frequent the wilderness with bright marshes and darker swamps which she talks about in the book. She and her mother would spend time there, canoeing and camping. This created a long-lasting bond between herself and the wilderness that can be seen in the novel.
For Kya, the swamp represented her life. Not only did she grow up there, but she managed to live there without the supervision of adults, transforming from a young scared child to a self-sufficient and determined young woman. Mentioned earlier was the light/dark contrast for the settings. The light waterways where Kya moves around represents "love, family, and learning to unfold", and the darker marshes represent the "less desirable but essential human trait". Both of these characteristics are mentioned and battled against in the book by Kya.]]> 2022-05-21 18:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194075531 cyu20221 https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194080039 The Ted Talk from Monica Johnson talks about how people will choose to not claim funds just due to the pure difficulty. Think about that. There are people in this world who are basically willing to throw away money just because it "makes their life harder". If people have this notion about the most valuable exchange currency in the world, what stops them from having the same thought about children. How many adults in the world have abandoned their child just because it was "too difficult to raise them?".
Although this case is not exactly like Kya's because the rest of Kya's family had a valid excuse to leave, there are kids in the world that are abandoned just due to the fact that their parent/guardian was too lazy to take care of them. Johnson then talks about how we must learn to love and accept ourselves in order to love others. This sort of applies to Kya. In her case, she falls in love with a boy named Tate, learns how to read and write, becoming more independent. Eventually Tate leaves her and she moves on to another man names Chase. The relationship ends terribly but Kya becomes more determined to live alone, writes her own book, and becomes even stronger. Tate eventually comes home and we see how Kya has gone through so much and managed to become so independent. This proves Johnson's claim of loving oneself before loving others because as Tate returns, Kya is strong and now ready to love Tate in a real relationship. ]]> 2022-05-21 18:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194080039 cyu20221 https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194081412 In ancient Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a man that was half man and half bull. The monster was a result from when King Minos failed to sacrifice a bull to the god Poseidon who then cursed his wife to lust over the animal creating the poor beast that was doomed before even being born. After the birth, the Minotaur was locked into a magical labyrinth and was forced to fight with tributes then ate them as a meal afterwards.
The Minotaur's story relates to my question of "How does abandonment affect child relationship development" because we see that right after birth the Minotaur was abandoned and was never able to form relationships after that. 
Thankfully, abandonment did not cause Kya from the novel to turn out the same, however, we see that abandonment does have long lasting effects and can completely ruin ones life, or at least that's what the Greeks think. ]]> 2022-05-21 18:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194081412 cyu20221 https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194083531 This poem written by an unknown artist talks about the effects of being abandoned. Most noticeably in the poem are the references to nature and how it overtakes the broken down home. These references were actually why I decided to choose this poem, the heavy nature reference reminded me strongly of Where the Crawdads Sing because Kya after being abandoned, lives in a broken down shed that is taken over by nature. 
This poem helped me answer my question of “how abandonment affects the ability to form relationships” because near the end, there is a line that says “Will I ever trust again” and after further analysis I believe that it means that once this person left the narrator, their ability to trust was completely diminished which then ruined the persons chance to form more relationships in the future. ]]> 2022-05-21 18:27:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194083531 cyu20221 https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194091557 As of May 2022, there is a war raging between Ukraine and Russia. Hundreds of innocent kids are being killed or left at abandoned houses/orphanages as their parents try to flee either to no avail or barely making it through.
I chose this to be my first connection because I thought that it related closely to Where the Crawdads Sing. In the book, Kya's dad beat his wife, Kya's mom, for years, she eventually gains the courage to stand up for herself and leave. Kya is left abandoned with her father who is still terrible to her and is not a constant stable source in her life.
Similar to the abuse between Kya's parents is the relationship between Russia and Ukraine. Russia for years has bullied and beat upon Ukraine until one day Ukraine decides to stand up for itself. Full-blown war breaks out and the children that are neglected and left in the crossfires (which in the book would be Kya) are either killed or abandoned. The similarities between the book and the current state are extremely striking, creating a cause for concern for the children that are left behind. 
This article helped answer my driving question because it allowed me to see a connection between the book and real life. From the real world, we can see the actual results of childhood abandonment and how it affects the development of relationships. ]]> 2022-05-21 18:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194091557 cyu20221 https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194092063 During the Great Depression, thousands of families went into debt and claimed bankruptcy. To cover costs such as rent and groceries, parents were forced into dire measures such as selling their children to other people. These children varying in ages must have been extremely confused on why people they trusted and love abandoned them. 
I said that this picture related to my book because as seen in the picture, these children are all very young and are being abandoned like Kya was by the rest of her family. Unlike Kya, these kids were sold rather than left, I feel like that must have hurt them more because their lives were traded for a mere monetary value rather than the safety of another. 
This picture helped me answer my question because it allowed me to understand that abandonment is not uncommon, and was/is very noticeable in poverty stricken lands such as poor countries. Theoretically if these kids were able to be tracked down, I would love to know what are their family dynamics/relationships with their friends like and if they thought that the abandonment that their mother caused had a long lasting effect on their lives, and since they were different ages, did it affect them differently?]]> 2022-05-21 18:45:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2194092063 cyu20221 https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2198541828 2022-05-25 01:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2198541828 cyu20221 https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2198545676 2022-05-25 01:30:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cyu20221/d6z1n7ljo3cqndl3/wish/2198545676