I honestly think Oliver is rlly not as brash and headstrong as a lot of people say. It was brave to attempt an escape but also, he literally had nothing to lose. His attitude in Resource and Sagacity is a sign of his impressionableness. He’s very quick to agree to anyone’s ...
opinion of him. When the big engines think he’s so great, he’s determined to meet that expectation, and when he gets in trouble and the trucks mock him for his foolishness, his confidence is absolutely gone. What we see consistently of him in the two books he has a speaking ...
role in is that he really struggles with finding his identity. He is what he thinks people expect of him, which also further leads me to think the escape wasn’t his idea. You could say Toad, Awdry suggests it was his crew, but either way, I think a lot of people just kinda ...
misunderstand who Oliver is.
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