Point of View of "The Lottery"

The point of view of "The Lottery" is 3rd person omniscient. The story is told by an indifferent narrator. The reader gets bits of information about many different individuals from the town, without any interference of opinions from the narrator. Because of this, the ending came to me as a surprise. While the narrator does use foreshadowing techniques to suggest at the disturbing ending, the indifferent attitude made me rather surprised at the end. "Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones, and the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the smoothest and roundest stones," (264). This point of view helps to enhance the overall theme as well. The narrator giving no opinion about the lottery, is similar to how the town gives no question to the lottery tradition and blindly follows along.