Monday, December 31, 2007

The characters: L.J. Burrows

The characters: L.J. Burrows

L.J.'s (Lincoln Junior's) mother and father separated when he was young. His father, Lincoln Burrows, visited him every Sunday after the separation and eventually paid scarce visits to him. Hurt by his father's isolation from him, L.J. dismissed that Lincoln was his father.

Raised by his mother, L.J. was a normal teenager living in the Chicago suburbs until Lincoln lost his appeal. That, coupled with Michael being sentenced to five years in prison, affected L.J. greatly. Despite his excellent grades at school and normally upstanding behaviour, L.J. was arrested for possession of marijuana and put on probation. As part of his punishment, L.J. was to visit a mentor, his father, at Fox River State Penitentiary once a week. Although their first encounter at the prison was distant and filled with anger (mostly on L.J.'s part), Lincoln and L.J.'s relationship grew more father-and-son like after several visits.

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