Discuss the drama conveyed through Shirley Jackson's point of view in "The Lottery."

I think that Jackson is able to enhance the drama of the
story with her detached third person form.  The narrator, in a way, is like the reader. 
Both of them understand and grasp what is happening in the narrative.  However, both are
helpless to stop the savage cruelty in the village.  The detached narration helps to
increase the drama in several points.  When the Hutchinsons' name is first pulled, and
Tessie begins to voice discontent, the narration reports it and depicts it as an event
where there is drama.  However, the drama is felt by the reader, as it is the first
moment where conflict arises and the reader understands the dramatic tension that
emerges in setting Tessie apart from the rest of the community.  In this light, the
point of view of a detached narrator helps to increase the dramatic tension, as the
narrator's eyes help the reader's own to both make sense of what is happening and what
is being felt as a result.  This style continues throughout the short story, and is
heightened when the narrator reveals Mrs. Delacroix running to find the biggest stone
that can be lifted with two hands.  In this light, the drama is evident as the reader
understands, through the narration, of the terror that is going to result and while the
reader cannot do anything about it, like the narrator, the reader closes the story with
a reflection element about how such similar practices are evident in the reader's own
world.