The Invention of Hugo Cabret by: Brian Selznick

Significance: This book teaches everyone that if you set your mind on doing something, and will do anything to accomplish it, your dream will come true. Hugo devotes his life to finishing the automaton. After the death of his dad, he is forced to live with his uncle, who one day disappears, and makes Hugo live by himself. Also, it informs us that pictures are worth a million words because the author, Brian Selznick, makes the story with mostly pictures.
Perspective: The author of this story is Brian Selznick. This book was probably taken place in the thirties because Hugo, the main character, lives in the clock, and makes it run manually, and now most clocks are run digitally. Also Hugo went to the theatre, and there were still black, and white movies. If Georges Méliès was telling the story, we wouldn’t know a lot about Hugo’s life, and how Hugo’s dad helped preserve the invention.

Evidence: The invention of the robotautomaton was made by Georges Méliès, and the evidence for that was the key to wind it up. There was only one , and it belonged to Georges wife, which was then stolen by his daughter. The alight drawings in the notebook that belonged to Hugo’s dad, is one of the only memories Hugo has of his dad. During the beginning of the story, we had no evidence of where Hugo’s uncle had disappeared. Hugo lived by himself until the Méliès adopted him.

Connection:I couldn’t relate to Hugo that well because I don’t stay by myself, I don’t steal toys, or anything for that matter, and I am not allowed to wander the streets by myself at night, and beg, or find food. I could however, connect to Georges’s daughter because I rarely make promises, I am very sensitive, and I believe in doing what’s best. Hugo’s devotion to finishing the automaton connects to me wanting to finish the novel that I am writing.

Suppostion: I think that Georges Méliès’s daughter, and Hugo would of made a great couple because they are, the same age, and both enjoy going to the movies, and both believe in accomplishing their Personal Legend. If Hugo had never chosen to steal the toys from Georges, he wouldn’t of finished it because he wouldn’t of met his daughter, and gotten her key to work it. He would still be living in the clock, and making them work, and he would still be begging for food.