Safe Haven
Nicole Rigacci
P#4
Safe haven
INDEPENDENT NOVEL ASSIGNMENT 1: LITERARY ANALYSIS
Part I: Character Analysis
*Character: Jo
~ “Forget I even asked the question. Just know that if you ever want to talk, I’m here, okay? I’m good at listening. Especially with friends. And believe it or not, sometimes talking helps.”(pg. 36)
In Nicholas Sparks of Safe Haven shows her loyalty and her friendship with Katie, and also shows that she will always be there for Katie through thick and thin. It also demonstrates that Jo has probably once felt as if she didn’t have someone to talk to in her time in need, or maybe she felt as if weight had been lifted from her shoulders once she spoke her heart out.
~ “Trust me on this: no one is better off alone”(pg. 63)
In Nicholas Sparks of Safe Haven shows that being alone in this world can be very lonesome. It could be that Jo knows what it feels like not to have someone by her side and feels as if nobody should feel lonely in their life.
Part II: Literary Analysis Question
Which words best describe the speaker’s tone or attitude?
a) Romance; Competition
b) Hope; Faith
* c) Irony; Love d) Melancholic; Depressing
* Nicholas Sparks’ Safe Haven depicts true love in quite a complicated form. The speaker uses the characters’ relationships combined with situational irony to create a very suspenseful tone. Katie, the protagonist of the story, has fled to Southport and no one knows her or why she‘s there. As she begins a relationship with Alex, a local store owner, both the reader and other characters in the book learn her difficult past.
P#4
Safe haven
INDEPENDENT NOVEL ASSIGNMENT 1: LITERARY ANALYSIS
Part I: Character Analysis
*Character: Jo
~ “Forget I even asked the question. Just know that if you ever want to talk, I’m here, okay? I’m good at listening. Especially with friends. And believe it or not, sometimes talking helps.”(pg. 36)
In Nicholas Sparks of Safe Haven shows her loyalty and her friendship with Katie, and also shows that she will always be there for Katie through thick and thin. It also demonstrates that Jo has probably once felt as if she didn’t have someone to talk to in her time in need, or maybe she felt as if weight had been lifted from her shoulders once she spoke her heart out.
~ “Trust me on this: no one is better off alone”(pg. 63)
In Nicholas Sparks of Safe Haven shows that being alone in this world can be very lonesome. It could be that Jo knows what it feels like not to have someone by her side and feels as if nobody should feel lonely in their life.
Part II: Literary Analysis Question
Which words best describe the speaker’s tone or attitude?
a) Romance; Competition
b) Hope; Faith
* c) Irony; Love d) Melancholic; Depressing
* Nicholas Sparks’ Safe Haven depicts true love in quite a complicated form. The speaker uses the characters’ relationships combined with situational irony to create a very suspenseful tone. Katie, the protagonist of the story, has fled to Southport and no one knows her or why she‘s there. As she begins a relationship with Alex, a local store owner, both the reader and other characters in the book learn her difficult past.