The Invention of Hugo Cabret takes its readers on an adventure through the childhood of a young boy named Hugo. The first part of the story revolves around this automaton project that Hugo insists on repairing. However, throughout part two of the story many new adventures arise for, “[…] stories lead to other stories, and this one leads all the way to the moon.” (253) Three passages have been selected for close read that I feel have hidden within their text, imperative meaning, through close examination I hope to enlighten upon my findings. In chapter three, a simple sentence subliminally sheds light on a great deal of significance that lies within the context of part two of the book. Early on in the story we’re introduced to Georges Melies,
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Underlying messages hide in many more variations and within the text of the reading, but the growing and discovering of the boy and his life remain constant throughout the tale. Hugo brings comfort and reassurance to his audience by announcing at the end of his story, “TIME CAN PLAY ALL SORTS OF TRICKS ON YOU. In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into the ground, wars are won and lost, and children transform, like butterflies, into adults. That’s what happen to me.” (509) Examining these two sentence as a whole, one big picture draws itself. This idea that Hugo relates his struggles to the common occurrences of life such a birth, death, success, and failure presents itself as, although at times Hugo struggled, he was just experiencing life. Like everything he grew with time, transforming from a child and moving onto his next chapter of life. Lastly, referring to time as a jokester, plays tricks, could have been intended to refer back to all the trouble he got into while at the train station, where he worked with the clocks. Although each passage delivers a different message throughout the story, the journey through the life of Hugo Cabret never fails to prompt the ups and downs of his adventures. In all context of the tale we unravel the young boys purpose and observe as he overcomes his obstacles. These different, yet similar, meanings that lie within the passages are what tie the story together. As for these particular three passages, we were able to view, what was unable to been seen with the naked eye, and that is the emotions and burdens within Hugo and Georges
Underlying messages hide in many more variations and within the text of the reading, but the growing and discovering of the boy and his life remain constant throughout the tale. Hugo brings comfort and reassurance to his audience by announcing at the end of his story, “TIME CAN PLAY ALL SORTS OF TRICKS ON YOU. In the blink of an eye, babies appear in carriages, coffins disappear into the ground, wars are won and lost, and children transform, like butterflies, into adults. That’s what happen to me.” (509) Examining these two sentence as a whole, one big picture draws itself. This idea that Hugo relates his struggles to the common occurrences of life such a birth, death, success, and failure presents itself as, although at times Hugo struggled, he was just experiencing life. Like everything he grew with time, transforming from a child and moving onto his next chapter of life. Lastly, referring to time as a jokester, plays tricks, could have been intended to refer back to all the trouble he got into while at the train station, where he worked with the clocks. Although each passage delivers a different message throughout the story, the journey through the life of Hugo Cabret never fails to prompt the ups and downs of his adventures. In all context of the tale we unravel the young boys purpose and observe as he overcomes his obstacles. These different, yet similar, meanings that lie within the passages are what tie the story together. As for these particular three passages, we were able to view, what was unable to been seen with the naked eye, and that is the emotions and burdens within Hugo and Georges