Read the excerpt from "the lottery." mr. graves nodded and held up the slips of paper. "put them in the box, then," mr. summers directed. "take bill's and put it in." "i think we ought to start over," mrs. hutchinson said, as quietly as she could. "i tell you it wasn't fair. you didn't give him time enough to choose. everybody saw that." mr. graves had selected the five slips and put them in the box, and he dropped all the papers but those onto the ground, where the breeze caught them and lifted them off.

who in the excerpt represents a new idea that is in conflict with society’s expectations?

mr. graves
mr. summers
bill hutchinson
tessie hutchinson

D. Tessie Hutchinson  

In the story, “The Lottery,” it is Tessie Hutchinson (Mrs. Hutchinson) who represents a new idea that is in conflict with the society within which the lottery is taking place.  It was actually Tessie who is supposed to be the victim of the lottery, but she protests (as can be seen in the excerpt you provided) that the lottery “wasn’t fair” and should be done over because this would most likely remove her as the unlucky winner/victim.  The new idea suggested is that the lottery should be done over, and this is what was in conflict with the society’s expectation—that the person selected should be the one to die.    

idk

explanation:

reading poetry is challenging when you don't have or very little of social context and culture schema.

solution: read the introduction, the norm, or even explaination if you still dont get it.