Point of View

The Innocents is written from an omniscient third person point of view. The author uses a third person narrator in order to center the narrative on both Ada and Evered. If the novel had been written in first person, from the perspective of either sibling, the narrative would have emphasized one or the other as the main character. Instead their relationship, how it evolves and morphs as they grow up, is at the forefront of the novel. The third person point of view also allows the author to explore Ada and Evered’s individual experiences that they do not share with one another.

Crummey divulges the siblings’ inner thoughts and experiences through the omniscient narrative voice; revealing Ada and Evered's inner musings, emotions, and memories that they do not share with one another. The author creates Ada’s one sided conversations with Martha to grant...