A six-year-old boy in ’s neighborhood. He is known for suckling on his mother’s breast until the age of four, depriving his younger sister, , of their mother’s milk. He continues to suckle until, one day, his mother paints her breast black and draws a monstrous-looking mouth on the nipple in red lipstick. After this, Gussie is weaned off of his mother’s breast for good and drinks black coffee instead.