Safe Haven Character Analysis

The movie, Safe Haven, was written and produced by Nicholas Sparks. The beginning of the movie shows Katie, the main woman character, running away from her abusive husband. Katie’s relationship with her husband was not a satisfying relationship, that is why she was running away. She ends up in Atlanta where she settles in and finds a man named Alex, who is completely different than Kevin, Katie’s husband. Katie and Alex start having a relationship with five factors included. Their relationship consists of initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, and bonding. After Katie arrives to Atlanta in hope of a new, fresh start in life, she comes across a store owner. The store owner, Alex, maintains a tourists shop where a copious amount of tourists sift through every pit stop, then proceed to get right back on the greyhound and go to the next destination. Alex is taken aback when Katie actually stays in Atlanta, and visits the store quite often. When the two finally become acquaintance, they began the initiating step. The initiating step is where the small talk begins, and people tend to not share as much details about their life as they would with a life-long friend. Katie and Alex exchange names when she approaches him for
This stage in their relationship is all about getting to know each other through small talk. While Alex is giving Katie a ride home, Katie finds out that he has two children that enjoy Mark Twain. That information was all found out through small talk. Alex has yet to really get to know Katie, but really enjoys her company. The two slowly begin to expand their topics to get to know each other better and to strengthen their relationship. In the movie, Alex leaves a bike at Katie’s house in the middle of the night so she will have some sort of transportation. This shows a sign of affection and that leads to the next step in their relationship, which is the intensifying