Match List – I with List – II

List – I (Character)	List – II (Novel)
(A) Sethe	(I) The Handmaid’s Tale
(B) Okonkwo	(II) Beloved
(C) Offred	(III) Things Fall Apart
(D) Winston Smith	(IV) Nineteen Eighty-Four

Correct option is A

Explanation:

Sethe – Beloved 

Sethe is the protagonist in Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved. A formerly enslaved woman, Sethe is haunted by the ghost of her dead daughter and grapples with the psychological scars of slavery, trauma, and motherhood. The novel is a powerful representation of African-American history and identity.

Okonkwo –  Things Fall Apart

Okonkwo is the tragic hero in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. A proud Igbo warrior, Okonkwo struggles with the colonial disruption of traditional African life. His story symbolizes the collision between indigenous culture and European colonialism.

Offred – The Handmaid’s Tale 

Offred is the narrator of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale. In a totalitarian regime called Gilead, Offred serves as a reproductive slave. The novel critiques patriarchal oppression, loss of identity, and reproductive rights.

Winston Smith – Nineteen Eighty-Four 

Winston Smith is the central character in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. A member of a dystopian society controlled by “Big Brother,” Winston struggles with surveillance, state control, and loss of individual freedom. The novel is a seminal critique of totalitarianism and censorship.

Information Booster:

Beloved (Toni Morrison)

Themes: Slavery, Memory, Motherhood, Trauma
Received Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1988)
Sethe, haunted by her dead child, explores the lingering horrors of slavery.

Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)

Themes: Colonialism, Tradition vs. Change, Masculinity
Significance: Pioneered African literature in English
Okonkwo’s downfall mirrors the disintegration of Igbo society under colonial rule.

The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)

Themes: Gender, Reproductive Rights, Power, Identity
Summary: Offred narrates her life as a “Handmaid” in a totalitarian regime where women’s bodies are state property.

Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)

Themes: Totalitarianism, Surveillance, Censorship, Truth
Summary: Winston Smith rebels against a regime that manipulates truth and monitors every citizen.