Natural sciences Flashcards
Throughout the novel, the natural sciences serve as a way for what exactly with Kya and Tate?
Throughout the novel, the natural sciences serve as a way for Kya and Tate to honour and understand the wild and each other,
What does Kya become naturally in terms of the natural sciences?
Kya becomes a scientist quite naturally, instinctively collecting, categorizing, and cataloguing what interests her about her world.
The marsh provides a way for Kya to learn about what?
This “living history museum of the marsh” is a way for her learn about the natural world that is her home and her companion.
“living ______ _______ of the marsh”
“living history museum of the marsh”
What do the townspeople think of the marsh?
The marsh is often dismissed by the townspeople as dirty and worthless.
By creating a loving, meticulous catalogue of the marsh, what does Kya do for the marsh? (2)
By creating a loving, meticulous catalogue of it, Kya elevates the marsh and its many flora and fauna, and brings awareness of its beauties and intricacies to the wider world through her books.
What is Kya’s books and collection a labour of?
Her collection is also a labour of the deepest love, honouring an unloved place with her attention, much in the same way Tate cares for the abandoned Kya.
How does Kya’s love and care for the marsh contrast Kya and Tate’s relationship?
Her collection is also a labour of the deepest love, honouring an unloved place with her attention, much in the same way Tate cares for the abandoned Kya.
How do Tate and Kya first fall in love? (how do they communicate as well?)
It is also through their shared scientific tendencies that Kya and Tate first begin to fall in love, communicating not in love letters or poetry, but in their shared language of feathers and seashells.
