Thom is an adolescent who has an awareness of uniqueness of self and knowledge of roles to be followed. he can be said to have passed through erikson's stage of psychosocial development.

The answer to this question is Erikson's Identity vs. role diffusion stage of psychosocial development. This psychosocial development was developed and an idea of Erik Erikson where it happens during the adolescents age around 12 to 18 years old where the adolescents explores their independence and they now explore the roles that they need to do as an adolescent.