The line from the excerpt which indicates a conflict between an individual and society is, A girl whispered, "I hope it's not Nancy."
Answer: Option B.
Explanation:
'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson is a story about the dangerous consequences of blindly following the traditions. The main conflict in the story is about the individual and the society where every year the townspeople is involved in a ritual of sacrificing the life of a villager to be secure about the good harvest. So when a person slips a paper to see whose name it is, the crowd was quite and that's when the girl whispers that I hope it's not Nancy. Here, the crowd presents the society and the girl is an individual wishing for the best.
