The Land That Time Forgot · Character

Olson

One of the British crewmen captured and forced to haul oil cans under German guard, he endures the march with the mute endurance of a man who has no choice.

supporting

Also known as Mr. Olson

First appearance: I

As a supporting figure in The Land That Time Forgot, Olson is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Engineer of the tug, questions the plan to run the submarine.

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Olson is among the prisoners marched inland by von Schoenvorts and his armed Germans, staggering under heavy cans while a noncommissioned officer beats him and his companions with a stick. His suffering dramatizes the survivors' fractured loyalties: the same peril that should unite them has instead produced captors and captives. His presence in the column reminds the reader that the island's dangers are matched by the human cruelty the castaways bring with them.

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Character Web

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Character groups

Wieroo antagonists and crew
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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Bradley
friendship · positive
Bradley and Olson are shipmates and friends, working together on the submarine and in the… How this plays out →
Bradley
friendship · positive
Bradley and Olson are shipmates and friends, working together on the submarine and in the… How this plays out →

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II
Engineer of the tug, questions the plan to run the submarine.
III
Crew member; comments on the loss of navigation instruments.
IV
Crew member; decapitates the attacking plesiosaur with an axe and suggests the freshwater might come from a submarine geyser.
V
Second lieutenant, eats heartily and makes an unfortunate joke about the plesiosaurus steak.
VI
Directs logging and construction; discovers oil with von Schoenvorts and notes its potential for refining.
VII
One of the men left at Fort Dinosaur; he identified the explosion as a shell from the U-33.
I
Irish engineer; one of the defenders remaining at Fort Dinosaur.
V
Olson is among the English prisoners forced to carry oil. He and Brady disarm Plesser and Hindle, then charge the Germans. Olson engages Dietz in bayonet fighting.

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