In “Harlem Jones,” Lloyd is Harlem Jones’s brother. He’s in prison for beating his girlfriend, a fact that Harlem’s mum can’t bring herself to accept—so she lies and tells people he’s working with relatives back in Trinidad. Though Harlem condemns the Metropolitan Police’s mistreatment of Black people, he admits that Lloyd deserves to see justice for what he did to his girlfriend.
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Lloyd Character Timeline in Foreign Soil
The timeline below shows where the character Lloyd appears in Foreign Soil. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Harlem Jones
...known they’d find him. This might even be the same officer who got his brother Lloyd a few weeks ago (though Lloyd deserved to be locked up for beating his girlfriend,...
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Harlem wants to remind Harlem’s mum about Lloyd, but he stops himself. Ma still can’t admit that Lloyd is “inside,” and so she...
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