Where the Crawdads Sing by Elaine Healy Rae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu Character map for Kya en-us 2022-03-22 17:47:25 UTC 2022-05-09 18:55:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Chapter 1: Kya as a child elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2108097425 Chapter 1 on: Kya is an innocent child. She cannot understand why her entire family chooses to leave her. The Marsh is characterised as a wild place where rules are not followed. ]]> 2022-03-22 17:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2108097425 Chapter 2: Kya depends on the Marsh elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2108108918 In her isolation, Kya comes to depend on the Marsh, it helps her sleep as it "snuggles in closer with a low fog." (14) Kya's experience of her home differs to Gar's. She feels comforted in it while Gar experiences Ballybeg as a claustrophobic place. 

Kya becomes accustomed to her new life with Pa. She becomes "like a serious little woman". (20) She is no longer waiting for her mother's return but takes her mother's place as the woman of the house. ]]> 2022-03-22 17:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2108108918 Chapter 6: Kya becomes more independent elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2108132816 Kya tells Tate she "used ta be" Jodie's sister (44). She is becoming increasingly independent. We will see later in the novel that relationships are hard for her because she feels she cannot depend on anyone. 

(Gar has been abandoned emotionally; Kya is abandoned physically)

]]> 2022-03-22 18:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2108132816 Chapter 11 and 12: Kya is totally alone elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110246137 Pa returns less and less. Kya realises that it was he who refilled the kerosene lamp. She had been running low on food but being left in the dark makes it clear that she needs to figure out how to make money for herself. A standout line that depicts this moment of change is "One minute there was a soft circle of a word, and then darkness." It is at this point that Kya begins selling mussels to Jumpin'. This chapter represents Kya struggle with taking responsibility. We see this when she chooses to buy the candle rather that "a Sugar Daddy" (76).

In spite of this maturity, we see that Kya is still quite innocent in Chapter 12. She still wishes her father would return despite his violent nature, she lacks self-awareness, thinking that she is doing Jumpin' a favour by taking the clothes. ]]> 2022-03-23 17:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110246137 Chapter 13 and 15: Cynicism and feathers elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110268281 Now fourteen, Kya has become more cynical. No longer does she dream of sailing over the marsh (54), "imagination flattens to that of adulthood" when Kya has to "paw" her supper from mud (86). It is at this point that Tate begins to leave her the rare feathers of birds. In the midst of the serious work of earning money to live and conducting "deep cleans" of the house, Kya now has something to look forward to. Tate presents her with an olive branch of hope at a critical time. He brings back Kya's curiosity through the feathers and will spark it further by teaching her to read. ]]> 2022-03-23 17:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110268281 Chapter 17: "poem-writing phase" and love elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110281732 Tate introduces Kya to the art of poetry. She is immediately taken with the idea that poetry can create the rhythm of "waves hitting the beach" (115). Reading 'Rebecca' also brings about an interest in romance for Kya that will bring about a change in her relationship with Tate.
Kya's relationship with Tate becomes romantic. 
First kiss.
First period. ]]> 2022-03-23 18:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110281732 Chapter __ : 27, 29, 30 elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110282786 _·      Kya finds out that Chase is engaged. She furiously goes out on the riptides in her boat. She does not wallow in depression like she did with Tate, she is more angry this time. 

]]> 2022-03-23 18:00:56 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110282786 Chapter __31 elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110283775 _Kya is now financially independent. She now owns her land. She tells Jumpin’ “I’m okay now Jumpin’. Thank you for all you and Mabel did for me.”

]]> 2022-03-23 18:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110283775 Chapter 33 Jodie returns and gives Kya some advice. elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110284302 Jodie visits Kya for the first time. Kya’s memories of her family makes her upset. Kya is emotional at getting Jodie’s contact details. Openly crying in front of Jodie shows the change in her character. Hopefully, Jodie’s advice to forgive Tate will help Kya to soften her anger towards Tate. 

]]> 2022-03-23 18:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110284302 Chapter 43 - • Kya realises Chase will not let his “humiliation” rest. elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110285075 Kya has been vigilant since her attack from Chase. As Pa would put it she needs to be taught a lesson. It sparks Kya to seek comfort from Tate. She knows Chase will not rest. ]]> 2022-03-23 18:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110285075 Chapters 44 and 45 - Kya becomes increasingly isolated in jail elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110285461 Kya has become even more isolated and now chooses not to depend on anyone else. Include quotes. 
  • Depending on the only person she can trust – herself, p.285
  • She easily turns to the cat Sunday Justice for support: "She closed her eyes at such easy acceptance. A deep pause in a lifetime of longing." p.289
  • She tells Tate "I don't fit with other people. I cannot be part of your world." p. 291
  • Her experience in jail has caused her to lose hope. She tells Tate that she wanted to be part of a group "But no one stayed...Now I've finally learned how to deal with that and how to protect myself
  • Far more lonely in jail than she was in the marsh
  • Isolation consumes her every thought
  • She can barely stand upright in court
]]> 2022-03-23 18:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110285461 Chapter 57 elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110286112 Kya agrees to get back with Tate and they live together in the shack. They do not have an official wedding but Kya considers herself married to Tate "Like the geese" (359). They fall into an easy routine of breakfasts together, days cruising the estuaries and evenings in Kya's boat. Kya never visits Barkley Cove and even with Jumpin' dies does not attend the funeral but goes to see Mabel at her house that evening. Despite Barkley Cove changing to accommodate tourists over the years, Kya and Tate's lives remain more or less the same. They are unable to have children but enjoy visits from Jodie and his children. Kya's early isolation is cured by Tate's devotion. He "eventually convinced her that human love is more than the bizarre mating competitions of the marsh creatures!" (263).

From this chapter we get a sense that when Kya dies at sixty-four, she has lived a life of contentment with Tate and that the issues she faced throughout her youth are mainly resolved. ]]> 2022-03-23 18:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2110286112 Chapters 19-22 - Kya is left alone again elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2176246952 Tate leaves for college.]]> 2022-05-09 18:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2176246952 Chapter 23 -Kya and Chase elainehealyrae https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2176249058 Kya's relationship with Chase is not one of love. She laughs for Chase's sake (177). She has changed herself in order to avoid loneliness. ]]> 2022-05-09 18:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/elainehealyrae/jgjm6xi83nz8qvgu/wish/2176249058