Point of View

The point of view of American Subversive is first person, limited and reliable. This is proven by the fact that the two narrators, Aidan and Paige, only know their own stories and what they have been told. Likewise, this alternation between narrators proves their reliability since they are writing separately, yet they never contradict one another, proving that they are both telling the truth, or at least they are not proven to be dishonest. This point of view is important because the events they describe are not very honorable, but their honesty in relating their intentions prove that those intentions were honorable, even when the actions were not. This serves to make the characters, especially Paige, more sympathetic to readers.

The novel is written using mostly exposition, with a minute amount of dialogue, as Aidan and Paige recount the past events described. This distribution is useful...