Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

by

Delia Owens

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Where the Crawdads Sing Symbols

Seagulls

The seagulls that Kya feeds and interacts with on the beach near her shack provide her with the only kind of connection she can count on no matter what happens. Because of this, they become…

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The Shell Necklace

The shell necklace that Kya gives to Chase becomes a manifestation of the dissonance between her desire to be loved and her wariness to let other people into her life. When she and Chase first…

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Fireflies

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…

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