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Point Of View In Safe Haven, By Nicholas Sparks
In Safe Haven, by Nicholas Sparks, changing the point of view from Katie to Alex will change the story in many ways. Katie and Alex are similar, but not as similar as they are different. Alex is a dad of 2 who lost his wife to cancer, while Katie is victim of domestic abuse and doesn’t have anyone to support her. So by changing the point of view from Katie to Alex, will change the story to something unlike the original.

Alex lives and cares for his two kids, but Katie does not have any family to be responsible for, so she's responsible for only herself. “He had to admit that taking care of kids and the store took all the energy he had. Sometimes, he felt as though he could barely keep up” (Sparks 16). By changing the point of view from Alex
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