Junior Character Analysis in In Search of Respect

Felix and Candy’s son, and Jackie’s brother. During his research, Bourgois watches Junior switch from wanting to become a police officer to transporting drugs and working as a lookout for the Game Room. By the time of the book’s publication, he is 20 years old, with two children and a year in prison under his belt.

Junior Character Timeline in In Search of Respect

The timeline below shows where the character Junior appears in In Search of Respect. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

The Crack Trade and the Underground Economy Theme Icon

Candy’s son Junior, who talks early on about trying to join the police, soon becomes “a bona fide... (full context)

Gender Roles and Family Violence Theme Icon

In the section “Punishing Girls in the Street,” Bourgois notes that Junior’s sister Jackie goes through “the rites of passage of street culture” much faster. When her... (full context)

...(his pay is cash and Candy works under a false social security number). Their son Junior is only 20 but already has two children, dropped out of high school, and has... (full context)

...world.” Felix has stopped beating her and continues to work off-the-books construction jobs. Their son Junior is in prison, and they briefly took foster children, but Luis’s sons (the first they... (full context)