The Invention of Hugo Cabret Literary Elements

The Invention of Hugo Cabret Literary Elements

Genre

Graphical novel

Setting and Context

The book is written in the context of Hugo’s life.

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person narrative

Tone and Mood

Disheartening, disturbing, hopeless

Protagonist and Antagonist

Hugo Cabret is the central character in the book.

Major Conflict

Hugo is an orphan, and he escapes from his alcoholic uncle to live in a train station where he troubles the train workers. The station inspector treats the boy harshly.

Climax

The climax is when Georges decides to take Hugo home to work because he is a plague at his workstation.

Foreshadowing

The death of his parents foreshadows Hugo's troubled life while he was young.

Understatement

Georges' generosity towards Hugo is understated. Georges does not only take Hugo home, but he encourages working to know how to become self-sustainable.

Allusions

The story alludes to challenges orphans are exposed to when they are left under the care of other people.

Imagery

The entire book is full of pictures and automation that depict sight imagery to help the reader see both the setting and the unfolding events throughout. For instance, the alcoholic picture of Hugo's pictures reminds readers of the poverty background the protagonist hails from.

Paradox

The main paradox is that Hugo is accused of stealing a notebook, but on the contrary, it is stolen by Isabella.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

The automaton from the station is a metonymy for Hugo’s inspiration.

Personification

N/A

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