Laurie's description of Charles as "bigger than me" signifies his connection to Charles and foreshadows what we learn in the end of the story, that Charles is a creation of Laurie's imagination.
Laurie has just begun kindergarten and comes home each day with stories about a boy in his class, Charles, who is having trouble adjusting to school and who is making bad decisions. While Laurie had been a sweet, innocent young boy never having been to school, the Charles that Laurie describes appears to be a classic school trouble maker who insults others regularly.
In describing Charles as bigger than he is, Laurie signifies that he cannot control Charles and that the antics Charles takes part in are not within Laurie's control. In this way, Laurie attempts to distance himself from the acts and to hint that he could not have stopped Charles' actions.
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