Safe Haven Book Characters

She goes to the beach with them (Sparks 77-96), watches them and takes care of them. “Katie had the kids take a bath before getting them into their pajamas.” (293). Even though Alex, the father of the children, does

She did this because she didn't want to be seen in the act of doing so. She told her husband if he didn't do it, he wasn't a man in her eyes. So he had to do it to prove her wrong. “He’s here in double trust:

Ben and Katie became undrawn to one another. They both started top like other things and no longer shared the same interest. They no longer had time for each other now that they had kids who were growing up and because they now worked at different places.

A couple of year goes and Robert and Ana noticed that it was something different with Katie, she could go around and be shaking, just like that time they found her in the bedroom. Everyone had told them that it was just a nightmare but

Her daughter said in the interview “that’s the main thing that’s troubling me about it why was it kept such a big secret?” After the family was told about the medical advances the son reacted by saying “it makes me happy to know that my mother contributed something to the world”. So at first they family was shocked and humiliated for not being able to given the privilege of knowing their mothers contributions to the scientific world.

Katie was harassed by her peers throughout the next couple of weeks. She explained that she woke up every day hating herself and the military and felt unprotected and uncared for. One

Nate then entered the scene to pick up Sonny and take him to work. When Sonny gets to work he sees Madea in a cell. She tells Sonny about the incident and asks him to bring bail money from home. Madea then meets Chico, a woman with three boys, Katie who has been in jail for nine years for stabbing her ex-husband, a pimp that tried to kill his and Katie's daughter Toni, but now that she's in jail, her daughter has been continuously jumping from foster home to foster home. Katie's daughter, comes to visit and is shown to have a nasty attitude and when she gets one with Madea, she stabs her with her cigarette. Later Katie’s ex-husband Pete visits her to insult her and her daughter. Once Madea’s bail was posted Katie asked her to take care of her daughter

In order to ensure positive conflict resolution in the future, Katie and Ben must first learn to trade their defensiveness for healthy and effective listening and communication styles. They must learn to accept responsibility for their feelings and emotions and express them verbally to one another instead of sweeping the problem “under a rug.” They must learn to be open and candid with one another with the assurance that the other will be attentive to their concerns, thoughts, and emotions. They first can start by defining their needs by deciding what they want and need out of the relationship. Then they need to share their needs with each other without anger fueling the conversation. Rather than applying blame in a situation they should

Secondly, towards the end of the movie when Katie is at the math competition, the competition came down to a sudden death round. Both of the girls from both teams where chosen to answer the question. When they where stepping up to the podium, Katie was making in fun of the other girl in her head. Then she realized that making in fun of the other girl is not going to make her win this competition. In that moment she realized that making in fun of people is not going to get her the things she wants in life.

After they married, in spite of her unentertained heart, they had two boys. Many of the other women around her made

Kat ignored the commotion and offered Pat a half-smile. “I should arrange for the luggage and a buggy.” She didn’t intend to meet with Jake, now or ever. After she secured a buggy, she’d leave for the ranch.

from her husband. From reading the story I gathered she obviously didn’t love him. She wanted to give

The rest of the movie shows how Katie begins to restore her life piece by piece while also trying to recover from her physically abusive marriage. Her first day in town she stops at a

In the exposition Gemma tucker found herself in a bit of a pickle. Her mom and her boyfriend were going off to Scotland for the summer. Gemma’s boyfriend had recently broke up with her and canceled the plans they had together, therefore her only other option was to stay with her dad in her least favorite place. the Hamptons, when Gemma was younger her parents had split because of this family they had met. Gemma's dad and her new best friend Hallie's mom at the time had been seeing each other. Gemma didn't like where things were heading because she did want her parents to divorce. she thought if she could ruin Hallie's life, Hallie wouldn't want their parents together either. After that summer Hallie and Gemma would never be friends again.

Andrew and Katie have obstacles. But who had a big and major one? They were both in a place with tons of people. Having a lot of people makes you nervous. That was how both Andrew and Katie felt.