Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
Contributed by Youlanda Mill
Chapter 24
Summary

While Kya is still feeling the emotional effects of having been so close to someone on the beach, she returns to the same place where they had been picnicking previously and spots Chase and his friends there. Speeding off, to return later, she finds Chase waiting where he apologizes and shows her the Fire Tower, which offers a fantastic view over the Marsh, her friend.

On Chase’s request, they go to Kya’s house, where he’s impressed by how she lives and the person that she has become. Claiming to have honest intentions, he makes a pact only to get to know her more, and after feeding the birds, he asks to come back the next day on that same promise.

Analysis

“Then a true swamp settled deep with its low-earth smell and fusty air. Sudden, subtle, and silent all at once” The reader is reminded early on that the swamp is the representation of death, which is fitting in the early chapters of part two of this book.

“Kya had never been this high above the Marsh. Now all the pieces lay beneath her, and she saw her friend’s full face for the first time.” We’re reminded of the relationship that Kya shares with nature and indeed the Marsh, which is personalized as Kya’s friend who has a face.

“A place of patches.” It is a metaphor for Kya in how she describes herself; she thinks of herself as a mess of a person and is unsure of what she wants and what to do in life.

When speaking of Chase’s boat, navigating the channels, “it squeezed through, limbs screeching along the hull.” which is more of Owens personification of nature.

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