Who is Gatu from A Grain of Wheat and what is their importance? A_Grain_of_Wheat English & Literature Gatu | A Grain of Wheat

Gatu is a prisoner who is in the same detention camp as Gikonyo. Gatu is always joking, keeping up the prisoners' hopes, and spends time in solitary. Gatu eventually kills himself after confessing to Gikonyo that he lost the woman he loves by putting off their marriage.