Once Georges is reconnected with his past, he is able to move on and be proud of his accomplishments. Georges was forced to stop making movies, and he decided to never talk about his past again. Georges good friends were killed in a car accident, leaving him with his goddaughter Isabelle to take care of. Once movies were invented, he created films that dealt with fantasy, but after the war he had to stop creating movies. Hugo, with a little help from Georges goddaughter, finally uncovers the truth behind Georges and the picture, Georges was once a magician that created the automaton to perform in shows. Hugo is shocked and he is determined to find out who why the automaton has created this drawing. As the automaton finishes the picture, he notices that the signature at the bottom is Georges Méliés. Hugo watches in awe as the automaton draws a picture that he recognizes, it is a scene from his father’s favorite childhood movie. Hugo steals they key from Isabelle's neck and he dashed up to his room to operate the machine. One day, Hugo notices a key around Georges’s goddaughter Isabelle’s neck that he immediately recognizes it is the last piece that will make the automaton roar to life. Hugo continues to steal parts for the automaton, clean the clocks and work in the toy stand. On the day the story begins, Hugo is caught and Georges Méliés makes him work off the debt so he can see his illustrations again, if Georges hasn’t destroyed the notebook already. In order to continue to repair and to replace parts the automaton, Hugo needed to steal small mechanical toys from a toy stand operated by Georges Méliés. After Hugo’s father passed away, Hugo became convinced the automaton would produce a message from his father, and that it could help him now that he is all alone in this world. Hugo kept the notebook full of illustrations and kept it in his pocket, and had the drawings on him at all times.

Hugo’s father desperately tried to fix the automaton before his death, and he drew immaculate pictures of the specific parts to help him in his work. At the museum, Hugo’s father uncovered an incredibly complex and beautiful automaton, which appeared to be able to communicate by writing a letter. Hugo’s father worked as a repairman for clocks and other small mechanical objects, and he volunteered his time at a local museum. When Hugo’s uncle disappeared altogether, Hugo had to live in secret and carry out his uncle’s work so he would not be taken away to an orphanage.

When Hugo’s uncle began to leave him alone for hours at a time, Hugo was expected to take care of all of the clocks by himself.

Hugo and his uncle lived in a secret apartment hidden away for employees who operated the train station years ago. Hugo’s parents have passed away, and he was left in the care of his uncle who operated the clocks at a train station. In The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, Hugo Cabret is a twelve-year-old boy living in Paris in 1931. The Cover of 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret'

Hugo cabret automaton drawing