Reading log

15/05/17

Text type: Novel

Title: The invention of Hugo Cabret
Author:Brian Selznick
Publisher:Scholastic 
Year of Publication:30 Jan 2007


What is the text about?
 This is about a kid named Hugo Cabret, who grew up living a happy together with his dad but things just didn't go the way he planned, days go by when he would steal just to live because not long after school he came and waited for his dad to come but never came but there was a incident that occurred in the museum that his dad worked at that the building got burned and his father was inside and he never wanted to believe it. That very night when he was waiting he fell asleep waking up and his dad was still not home and all he wanted to do was cry after a while all he could think of was who was he going to stay with or he was going to be an orphan witch he didn't want, so his drunken uncle took care of him{not actually care for him} when they were living together in the train station {because his uncle is the time keeper} all his uncle teaches him was how to steal so he can feed himself. The life he was living he didn't so he sometimes tries to escape but has nowhere while walking around the train station be meet Isabelle and that was when his life changed forever.
Hugo worked on the automaton, which was a machine his father and himself were working on. Hugo wanted to find out why his father was so satisfied by this particular machine. So he did.

Where/when is it set?
Paris 1931

Who are the characters?
George Millie's
Mama
Hugo
Isabelle
Etienne
father 
uncle
Monsieur frick
monsieur ta bard 
flower lady
station inspector
Madam Emile

Did I like this text?
I was something to think about if that person was you and everything that happened to him may happen to you, this text was something that made me reflect on it. So I enjoyed this text.


Describe an important character in the text? What makes makes this character important? 

Hugo

he was somebody who was helpful to his dad and committed to his work and school he loved to fix things and help his father on his inventions he was also a young kid with a huge imagination and a nice personality which made him go on further in the life that he was living.

Because all he did was to finish what his dad started and wanted and even if it would be hard on him but got through till the end.