The Power of Self-Reliance Flashcards
What about Kya’s life illustrates the power of self-reliance
Kya’s life story illustrates the power of self-reliance.
How does Kya become self-reliant in general? (from the very beginning)
Raising herself largely on her own from the age of six, Kya navigates many adult responsibilities when she is very young.
Raising herself largely on her own from the age of six, Kya navigates many adult responsibilities when she is very young.
What does Kya learn to do by herself? (5)
She adapts what she observes from her mother, what she leams from her brother, and what she intuits from nature:
Kya teaches herself to cook for herself and her father,
buy groceries in town,
and even discovers a way to make reliable money selling mussels.
Kya teaches herself to navigate her father’s boat and
how to feed herself from the land and water out of self-preservation.
define intuit
understand or work out by instinct
Before Kya can even read or write, she shows her intellect and self-reliance by doing what?
She also begins the natural collection that will become her life’s work on her own, creating systems of notation and categorization before Tate even teaches her to read.
When does Kya become entirely self-reliant? (part of book that marks it)
By the time she begins spending time with Tate, Kya is entirely self-reliant when it comes to survival
By the time she begins spending time with Tate, Kya is entirely self-reliant when it comes to survival. But what do her interactions with Tate force her to understand?
However, through her interactions with Tate and the love they share, she comes to understand the limits of self-reliance as well as how badly she needs other people.
When is Kya’s darkest point in her life? What does she reflect on in this moment?
When Kya is at her darkest point, away from the marsh and in a jail cell for Chase’s murder, she reflects that the only safety net she’s ever had is herself.
Throughout her life, Kya has not only learned to fend for her physical survival but also what that aids her tremendously through rough periods?
Throughout her life, Kya has not only learned to fend for her physical survival but also to create the kind of emotional and psychological strength that has allowed her to weather tremendous isolation.
