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Who is Tate in Where the Crawdads Sing<\/em>? What role does Tate have in the story?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lifelong friend of main character Kya, Tate in Where the Crawdads Sing<\/em> later becomes her life partner and biggest supporter. Tate in Where the Crawdads Sing <\/em>plays an important role in helping Kya make something out of her life, and teaching her the importance of love<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Tate in Where the Crawdads Sing: A Friend, And Then Family<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When Kya went back to the stump, she saw not just another rare feather, but a milk carton containing vegetable seeds, a spark plug for her boat, and a note she couldn\u2019t read. The boy had upped his ante, and she knew she had to do the same. Kya went home and grabbed a beautiful swan feather, but when she went by the stump to leave it, she was surprised to find the boy waiting against a tree. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At once, she recognized the boy as Tate, even aged as he was at eighteen years old. His golden curls were longer, his face tan and handsome. He was staring at her with bronze and green eyes, watching like a heron gazing at its prey. Kya felt the urge to run, but Tate called to her and told her not to be afraid. He couldn\u2019t help but be taken aback by the sight of her. She had grown into a striking young woman. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only Tate\u2019s words, but also a warm sensation inside kept Kya from running. She held out the swan feather, her movements slow. With equally slow movements, so as not to startle her, Tate took the feather. They stood in awkward silence for a long moment before Kya finally admitted she couldn\u2019t read his note. Before he left, Tate said he would teach her how to read<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the next few weeks, Tate in Where the Crawdads Sing t<\/em>aught Kya how to read sitting on a log near the beach. He brought old grammar books from school and worked with her on the alphabet. She learned to write each letter and make their sounds. Slowly and patiently (Tate was always so patient), she was able to form words and sound others out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she was finally able to read a whole sentence by herself, Kya beamed. Not only could she now read, but she\u2019d never known that words could be put together to create meaning<\/a>.<\/strong> The way she lit up made something inside Tate light up, as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kya was also feeling something stir inside her for Tate. When they would sit close going over a lesson, she longed to grab his hand. She wanted to know more about him and his home life, but she was afraid to bring up the outside world, afraid he\u2019d come to his senses about hanging out with swamp trash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after Kya learned to read, she asked Tate what came after twenty-nine. She was finally going to get her answer. Tate helped her learn to count higher, showing her all the different numbers and groupings. He never made her feel stupid during any of those lessons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With her new skills, Kya labeled her specimens with the proper names and read everything she could get her hands on. One night, she opened the old Bible and saw the names of all the family members and their birthdates written inside. For the first time, Kya learned the names of her siblings, the date of her birth, and her full name: Catherine Danielle Clark<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a concerning encounter with social services, Kya stayed in the marsh. Her money was still coming from digging mussels and smoking fish, <\/strong>but now Tate in Where the Crawdads Sing <\/em>delivered her goods to Jumpin’ and brought her supplies to the shack so she wouldn\u2019t be exposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tate in Where the Crawdads Sing: An Old Flame of New Romance?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kya was gliding through the channels one day when she saw Tate in the distance. It wasn\u2019t the first time she had spotted Tate out in the waterways, but he was closer than before. She watched as he now expertly collected samples in official-looking lab vials. Tate was out of her league, and she knew it.<\/strong> She rowed silently away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A while later, Tate was home from graduate school and decided he was going to visit Kya. It had been five years since he\u2019d left her on the shore before heading to college. He knew he\u2019d been a coward for never contacting her, but he wanted her back and would beg for her forgiveness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since that day he\u2019d come back after the Fourth of July, he\u2019d continued to believe that Kya wouldn\u2019t fit in his new world. He\u2019d tried dating a few women, but they were never Kya. So when Tate heard that a federal research lab was being built in Sea Oaks, he decided he would apply to be a scientist there. He would finish his degree and move to the marsh with Kya. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tate neared the channel to the marsh and saw Kya motoring fast in her boat. He tried to get her attention, but it was focused elsewhere. Chase\u2019s boat was coming toward her. Tate\u2019s heart dropped. He\u2019d heard people talking in town about the possibility of this relationship, but seeing it hurt him. It also hurt Tate that Kya had no idea that Chase was living a different life in Barkley Cove<\/a>, one that included other women.<\/strong> Still, Tate had mistreated Kya, too, and could not bear judgment on Chase\u2019s actions. In Where the Crawdads Sing<\/em>, Tate cursed himself for leaving Kya and returned to town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self-Sufficient<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A year had passed since Kya had seen Chase\u2019s wedding announcement. It was now 1968, and she was twenty-two years old. One morning, she walked to the mailbox and found a large package inside. She opened it and pulled out an advance copy of The Sea Shells of the Eastern Seaboard<\/em> by Catherine Danielle Clark. Her heart soared at seeing her name on her book, but she had no one to share her joy with. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Tate took Kya\u2019s samples to a publisher, Kya had submitted more drawings through the mail. An editor, Robert Foster, allowed the entire interaction to take place through the postal service and sent her a five-thousand-dollar advance for two books: the shell book and another on birds. It was more money than she\u2019d ever thought about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kya\u2019s book felt more like a family album with its pages filled with years of her collections. It sold well, and bookstores all along the Eastern Seaboard displayed it in their windows. Royalty checks started to flood in, sometimes made out for thousands of dollars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kya knew Tate was to thank for pushing her to publish. He\u2019d helped her turn her passion into a career and made it so she never had to dig for mussels to survive again. She sent him a note at the Sea Oaks laboratory, where he now worked. She still didn\u2019t trust Tate, but she extended an offer for him to stop by if he was ever nearby to pick up a copy of the book.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Love of Others<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tate in Where the Crawdads Sing<\/em> supported Kya throughout her trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after returning to her cell, a guard came to take Kya to meet with her lawyer. Tom wanted talk options. Because of the town\u2019s prejudice against her, it would be hard to win the case. If she plead guilty to manslaughter, saying that she\u2019d been at the tower with Chase and he\u2019d fallen as part of a horrible accident, she could probably get ten years and be out in six. Kya outright refused. She wouldn\u2019t say she was guilty and wouldn\u2019t go to prison.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in her cell, Kya went through the events that led her there. Her family leaving, Jodie leaving, Tate leaving. If any of them had stayed, she wouldn\u2019t be sitting in jail. That fall, Kya had become more inclined to take Jodie\u2019s advice about Tate, but since her arrest, she\u2019d refused to accept Tate\u2019s visits. She hadn\u2019t called Jodie either. Imagine finding each other after so long and then telling Jodie she\u2019d been accused of murder. She couldn\u2019t ask for his support. Depending on people only led to trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Court was out of session the next day, and the guard told Kya the same young man who kept coming to see her was back. Kya wouldn\u2019t budge, but after the guard said there was nothing to do all day but be cooped up in there, she went to the meeting room, where Tate was waiting.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tate jumped to his feet and tried to hide his emotions about seeing Kya in jail. He said he\u2019d been feeding the gulls and promised that when Kya was free, they would explore the lagoons again, like they did when they were together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kya told Tate to forget her, but Tate wouldn\u2019t and never could.<\/strong> He\u2019d be in court every day until it was over. Kya pleaded with him to understand. It was too late. She couldn\u2019t trust people, didn\u2019t belong in his world, and didn\u2019t want to. They could be friends, but that was the best she could do. Kya thanked him for coming and went back to her cell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day, when Kya was led into court, she saw Tate, Jumpin\u2019, Mabel, and Jodie in the front row. Despite what she\u2019d said to Tate and to herself, seeing them there filled her with renewed strength. In Where the Crawdads Sing<\/em>, Tate was a part of Kya’s family, and his love for her helped her through difficult times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tate and Kya: Growing Old Together<\/strong> At Last<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Barkley Cove was not spared from gentrification over the years. Jumpin\u2019s wharf became an upscale marina, and the little shops on Main Street became boutiques. Grits became polenta, and every establishment was desegregated. Tate worked at the lab for the rest of his career, and Kya published seven more books, all of which won awards.<\/strong> She was given an honorary doctoral degree from UNC but never accepted invitations to speak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Where the Crawdads <\/em>Sing, Tate and Kya were inseparable. They\u2019d tried to conceive a child, but it never happened. As her relationship grew on solid ground, so did Kya\u2019s understanding of connection. She saw that human love was more than just mating rituals, but she didn\u2019t regret growing up in a world dictated by the laws of nature. She was connected to the land in a way no one else could understand. The land had raised her, and it was as much a fabric of her life as anything humans could provide<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One afternoon, when Kya was sixty-four, she didn\u2019t return from exploring in her boat. Tate went to search for her and found her lying back in the boat, seeming to be sleeping. When he got closer, fear gripped his heart. He shouted her name, but she didn\u2019t move. Tate pulled her up by the shoulders, her long hair, now stark white, flowed behind her. He screamed his anguish to the sky and held her, rocking back and forth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tate buried Kya below an oak tree near the water. All the people who had once condemned her lined up to pay their respects. They had grown to marvel at the way she had survived and the life she was able to make for herself with everything that had happened. On her tombstone, Tate chose an epitaph he felt represented Kya\u2019s life well. She had become a legend in their community, and her nickname was now distinguished. <\/strong>The tombstone read: \u201cCatherine Danielle Clark, \u2018Kya\u2019, The Marsh Girl<\/a>, 1945\u20132009.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tate in Where the Crawdads Sing<\/em> is one of the most important people in Kya’s life. As you read the book, consider how Tate in Where the Crawdads Sing <\/em>helped Kya live a life she was proud of. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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