Gusella Garoff

Gusella "Gussie" Garoff is the stubborn determined daughter of Mr. Garoff the landlord.

Foreshadowing
When Rose and Maureen Nolan were looking for apartments, they stumbled upon an older Jewish landlord, Mr. Garoff. He said they had little room. Maureen was very rude and loud mouthed. Mr. Garoff said he didn't like loud mouthed girls and he has one himself.

Friendship with Rose
Rose swore they'd be quiet and Mr. Garoff let them have a small cramped apartment with his daughter Gusella. Gussie was stern faced and older than Rose and would have been pretty if she didn't have to be so serious. At Maureen's petaller job, Rose talked casually with her boss (his choice). Rose's former boss, Mr. Moscovitz, pulled her down to the floor by her shoulder and made out with her. Rose was sick to her stomach and ran out of the building leaving her coat. Rose ran to the corner and puked. Rose told this to Gussie. Gussie aparrently had been arrested for insulting a police office. Gussie took Rose back their the next day. Rose's former co-worker, Tessa, was giggling at a table with a bunch of girls. Maureen said that only the pretty ones get to stay. Gussie threatened Mr. Moscovitz and Rose asked for her coat back and he gave it to her, Rose quit. Rose and Gussie became very close friends. Gussie got Rose a job at the place she works The Triangle Shirtwaist Company as a seamstress.

Death
During a company fire, Rose escaped the building down an elevator shaft. Gussie died in the building and Rose Klein and Rose Bellini were outside the building dead hence the title of the book "Ashes of Roses". Mr. Garoff returned to his home country Russia, to return to his relatives because Gussie was his only relative in America.

Character Profile

Name: Gusella Garoff

Gender: Female

Age: Older than Rose

Nationality: Russian

Religion: Jewish

Family: Garoff

Relatives: Mr. Garoff (father), Family in Russia

Friends: Rose

Enemies: Mr. Moscovitz

Residence: New York City, New York, The United States of America (dead)

Fate: Deceased