Laurie
The main character is a young boy named Laurie, he is about five or six years old because he just started kindergarten. His parents are a regular middle class family, and they care a lot about his school life and behavior. They seem like a loving, normal family, but Laurie starts acting out at school and make up a troublemaker named Charles to cover up his own bad behavior.
Laurie doesn’t have a job since he’s just a kid. His “job” is to go to school and learn. His family is living a stable life, and they focus on making sure Laurie grows up well. His parents care he very much when his dad says, “'It’ll be all right,’ my husband said reassuringly.” (Jackson 3).