Does the narrator provide too much information or not enough in the telling of t

Question: Does the narrator provide too much information or not enough in the telling of the story, the lottery!? !?
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I believe Shirley Jackson provides just enough information in the story as a whole for it to make sense at the end!. Of course, it feels as if it isn't enough as one reads-- but this is appropriate, as it is a suspense story!. So she does not provide enough, but it's on purpose-- it's THE purpose!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Definitely not too much! Not enough!? Maybe, but if so, it's MEANT to be not enough!. In a sense the clues are there!. There's a pile of stones on the ground, but there's no mention of anything that could be the "prize" of the lottery!. Only when people begin to show relief at not "winning" do we begin to realize that the lottery is something ominous!. And of course we're never told the exact reason for the lottery!. In that sense, not enough information is given, but the lack is intentional!.

The reader is left to work out for himself why the people of this village do this, year after year!. I once read a critic's comment about Hamlet, pointing out that each character attributes the cause of Hamlet's supposed madness to whatever is bothering THAT person, and that readers and critics may be doing the same!. I think the same may also apply to our interpretations of "The Lottery!."Www@QuestionHome@Com