After a failed attempt to stop JFK’s assassination, Al decides to tell Jake of the time portal, which made one travel back in time and change it. Taking up George Amberson as his alias, Jake establishes himself in Jodie, Texas, where he planned to stop Oswald.Īl is the middle-aged owner of Al’s diner and keeps the secret of time travel, a secret he eventually shares with Jake. With the persuasion of AL Templeton, Jake enters the portal back to the late 1950s, where he conceives a plan to kill Oswald, the President’s murderer. After his divorce, because of his wife’s drinking problem, Jake learns time travel existed. Jake is a high school English teacher who takes a GED class to make an extra income source. Jake’s sympathy led him to change the time so that Harry’s father would not have killed his mother and siblings. Though he always had no expression, Jake still cared about people. Jake is emotionless and rarely sheds tears, even when his parents die. Jake Epping is the main character of ’11/22/63.’ With the book written in the first-person point of view, every action is directly observed and narrated by Jake, and at some point, he talks to the reader. ‘ 11/2 2/63′ did not only give a realistic alternate history story, but it also defined characters who existed in real life in a way never thought of before.

The book characters’ definition made it worthy of being called one of Stephen King’s best books. Every step the characters make gives a thrill and curiosity on what happens next.

The first-person point of view storyline and the epistolary writing method made ‘ 11/22/63‘ feel natural.

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