# Gustav — Pelle the Conqueror character guide

> Gustav in Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Andersen Nexø.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0029-ii

## Who they are

A magnetic, restless rebel whose talk of rights and defiance plants in Pelle the dangerous idea that the world might be remade.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/iii)

Gustav is seen playing 'Old Noah' on his concertina, adding to the Sunday atmosphere.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned as a boy who talks about blood and cuts his fingers to see if it is ripe.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/vii)

Gustav and Ole trick Pelle into fetching a 'handle-turner' as a prank.

### [The Threshing Machine and the Fifty-Öre Piece](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/viii)

Gives Pelle the half-krone to buy birch-fat, turning his face away to hide his amusement at the prank.

### [Pelle's First Days at School and the Changing Seasons at Stone Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/x)

Stays at Stone Farm because of Bodil, though his attachment is deemed unnaturally fond.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xiii)

Flirts with Bodil, taunts the pupil, and engages in a violent wrestling match with Anders.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xv)

Mentioned as having a grudge with the farmer and being involved with Bodil.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pelle_the_conqueror_se/chapters/xvi)

Devastated by Bodil's elopement, lies in bed all day, and later vanishes completely.

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