Laurie is a boy in kindergarten and acts like there is a classmate called Charles who has bad performance at school. He goes home and tells his parents about Charles' story every day. At last, his mom finds out that person does not exist at all. In fact, Laurie always uses Charles to present another himself, it show a struggle between his identity and his parents want him to be. For example, “He kicked the teacher’s friend” ( Jackson 3). From the story, we know that Laurie is at a stage of finding his own identity.