Hugo Cabret is a 12-year-old orphan boy living alone in the walls of a busy Paris train station in 1931 where he works as a clock keeper. He discovers mysterious drawings in an abandoned automaton and sets out to uncover its secrets with his friend Isabelle. They discover the automaton's owner is Georges M辿li竪s, an old toy booth owner who was once a famous filmmaker. Papa Georges takes Hugo in after learning his story.
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
1. The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Written by Brian Selznick
XII Physical Science 7
Presented by
1. Cindia Andry (10)
2. Vanny Andriani (32)
2. The Author
of The
Invention
Brian of Hugo
Selznick Cabret
3. Hugo Cabret
Hugo is a 12 years-old orphan who
lives in the walls of a busy Paris
railway terminal. He works as a clock
keeper. He is a persistent boy and
talented to fix a clock. He wants to be
a magician.
4. Isabelle M辿li竪s
An orphan girl who has been adopted
by Georges M辿li竪s. She likes to read
novel that she borrowed from her
friend, Etienne. She accompanies
Hugo on most of his adventures.
5. Georges M辿li竪s
Usually called as Papa Georges that
owns a small toy booth in train station
at Paris. When he was a young man,
he worked as magician and later,
become an important film maker.
6. Jeanne dAlcy
Is Papa Georges wife that is usually
called as Mama Jeanne or Madame
Jeanne. Shes a warm-hearted wife
and when she was a young lady, she
worked as an actress in all of her
husbands movies.
7. Etienne Pruchon
A man who has only an eye because
of Portuguese Rockets Firework when
he was a child. Hes a student at
French Film Academy that learned
how to be a cameraman.
8. The Station Inspector
Hugos Father
Uncle Claude
Museums old-guard
Monsieur Labisse
Antoine and Louise
The Manager of The Teather
Ren竪 Tabard (Monsieur Tabard)
Madame Maurier
Madame Emile
Monsieur Frick
The Lumi竪re
Policeman
9. Plot
In this novel, the author writes about person
that against himself and person against
another person.
The ending of the story is really
unpredictable.
The flashback is happened when the author
tells us about Hugos father and Papa
Georges past.
10. Plot
In the part one, the story contains of
12 episodes that tell us about how
Hugo Cabret discovered the
mysterious drawing from the
automaton.
Then, in the part two the story
contains of 12 episodes. In this part,
writer tells us about what Hugo and
Isabelle do after they discovered the
automatons owner.
11. Plot Summary
Uncle Claude His uncle Hugo steals
Hugos father
takes care of begins to small
dies
him disappear mechanical toy
Hugo steals Hugo finds out the Hugo and Isabelle Papa Georges
Isabelles key- outomatons uncovers Papas takes Hugo in and
necklace owner Georges past raises him