A young woman (Julianne Hough) leaves her house after being shown in possession of a bloody knife. She is shown moments later buying a bus ticket, her hair now cropped and bleached, and stops at the small town of Southport, North Carolina. At the general store, she introduces herself as Katie. After acquiring a job as a waitress and renting a small house on the edge of town, Katie befriends her neighbor, Jo (Cobie Smulders) and meets Alex Wheatley (Josh Duhamel), the manager of a local convenience store, and his two children, Lexie and Josh. Alex's wife died of cancer a few years prior.
Alex immediately takes a liking to Katie, doing small helpful things, such as leaving an old bike at her house. They go on a 'family' trip to the beach, and Alex asks her to go canoeing with him, after which, they fell in love with each other. Lexie immediately accepts Katie, while Josh is initially resistant, believing Katie to be his late mother's replacement, but eventually accepts her as well. Meanwhile, Kevin Tierney, a Boston police officer, searches for Katie and, using his authority as a police officer, sends out reports saying that she is a wanted murderer. Upon seeing her picture in the police station, Alex confronts Katie and becomes angry that she didn't trust him enough to even tell him her real name, Erin. The picture flashes to Kevin's boss confronting him at work, pointing out he always carries a water bottle that turns out to be filled with vodka, and reveals that Erin was Kevin's wife.
Directly afterward, Katie is shown packing while talking angrily with Jo. Alex drives over to Katie's house to talk to her, only to discover that she left. He drives to the nearest ferry dock and admits he's fallen in love with her and promises to protect her no matter what. Initially, Katie wants to flee but then she decides to stay in Southport and she and Alex help prepare the town for the upcoming Fourth of July celebration. Later, Katie tells Alex that Kevin is her husband, whom she stabbed with a kitchen knife in order to protect herself from his drunken assault. Meanwhile, Kevin breaks into Katie's former neighbor`s home back in Boston and finds the phone number to the Southport restaurant that employs Katie. He finds the location and makes his way there, very noticeably drunk. Arriving just on time for the Fourth of July parade, Kevin begins his search for Katie through the crowd, belligerent. He finally finds Katie dancing with Lexie and watches as Alex leans over to kiss her, which makes him angry. Later, Katie has a dream that she is standing on the docks watching the fireworks when Jo comes up and tells Katie that "he" is here.
Katie wakes up in the convenience store next to a fast asleep Lexie. While she is walking around in the store, Kevin makes his appearance and confronts her, drunk and sobbing and asking her to talk. He asks her to go back home with him, but she refuses and tells him to leave. He pulls out a revolver while Katie asks Lexie to stay up in the second floor of the store, scared that she
Safe Haven By: Lexis Mendoza Safe Haven Safe Haven is a Nicholas Sparks novel on love, bravery, and learning to trust again. These are themes within the book that we see repeated multiple times. I know many people say that there are too many love stories out there, and that they are all the same; a girl meets a guy, they fall in love, they get married, and have children. However, this is not just another romance novel, it tells the story of what many women go through but not all are strong…
I propose a program called "Safe Haven" which help individual who are being diagnosed with a mental illness know that there are programs to assist them in adjusting. With the help of volunteers, communities and health care workers we may have a way to help individuals continue with normal daily activities while maintaining and controlling their illness. If each major city in the United States made the effort to provide a “safe haven” for individuals that suffers from a mental illness we would be…
Safe haven Nicholas Sparks Novel March 2014 Safe haven is a novel written by Nicholas Sparks. It is about a 27 year old woman named Erin, who escapes an abusive marriage and finds herself in a small town, changing her name to Katie, hiding from her past but also falling in love with a widowed man and his family. When i read this text it made me feel sorrow for Erin, I felt this way because Kevin, her ‘husband’ abused her physically and mentally. He would not let her leave and her once said…
Honors Biology Current Events Report “Bat Cave Offers Embattled Bats a Safe Haven From Fungus” Tayla Willson 112014 Source: Ornes, Stephen. "Bat Cave Offers Embattled Bats a Safe Haven From Fungus." Washington Post 30 Oct. 2012. Science in Context. Web. 16 Nov. 2014. Summary: In his article, “Bat Cave Offers Embattled Bats a Safe Haven From Fungus,” Ornes reports that an artificial ca…
book, Safe Haven, the desire to be loved is purposely designed to intrigue the readers and correlated to recover pain. The three main themes in this daring love story represent love, fear, and bravery. I feel that these three themes relate to this affirming and suspenseful story all throughout the novel. You learn how strong the power of love can be between two people, even when terror and fear try to tear them apart. The theme of love, fear, and bravery are beautifully constructed in Safe Haven and…
Roles and Functions of Law Heidi L. Gallegos LAW/421 September 29, 2014 Professor Kurt Lofland Roles and Functions of Law Laws are put into place by our federal government in order to provide structure and organization, provide a safe haven to all citizens, and to protect the rights of all Americans. Laws come in many shapes and sizes but are all structured around the US constitution. “… the most visible function of the law on a day-to-day basis is to provide for some system of order…
easily resolved ● Most problems are external and characters are often very accepting of their bad fate ● Characters do not lash out or exhibit bad behavior unless there is a good reason HIS BOOKS o Sparks has written 19 books in total including Safe Haven, The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and The Last o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Song. Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding (1990) co-write with Billy Mills The Notebook (1996) Message In A Bottle (1998) A Walk To Remember…
The F.A.R.C also known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are. F.A.R.C is a peasant guerrilla army that believes in the ideas of Karl Marx. They say they fight on behalf of the poor people of Colombia against a government that tries to keep them in poverty. The FARC's operations are funded by kidnappings and ransoms, gold mining, and selling illegal drugs. They are considered terrorists, and are much more violent than the Zapatistas. They believe strongly in the idea of communism, and…
wondered where the mother was at. Does she have an extremely good reason as to why she left her children with this guy? There are so many other options as to where she could have left her kids other than alone with him. There is a reason why we have safe haven law, if parents are not capable of taking care of their children do not torture the child. Although the children are now in the Department of Human Services custody, there is a chance they will never forget the time they spent with this guy. I hope…
Brand Attraction And Consumer Orientation What consumers fear most nowadays is not failing to reach the top but tumbling down to rock bottom. The possibility of losing everything is a palpable peril in an economy wracked by high unemployment, weak growth, volatile stocks, disarray in Europe and gridlocked leadership. Most consumers have little if anything to fall back on should the worst happen, so it’s hardly surprising that they are thinking more about avoiding the worst than getting the best…