analyzing features of the invention of hugo cabret

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I will be analysing the features of one of the chapters in the novel ‘the invention of Hugo cabret’ by Brian Selznick. From the very beginning of the chapter to the end, Brian has greatly shaped meaning and has influenced different responses from the responder through text and illustrations. The title of the chapter I have chosen to analyse is called a train arrives in the station which is the name of a famous 1895 French short black-and-white silent film. The purpose of this title is to link the movie with the book as on page 460-467 Brian has recreated the same idea of the train coming towards the audience. By using the link between the movie and book the images persuade the responder to think the same of what the audience felt like in 1895 watching the movie. These feelings are of horror, fear and fright for Hugo. The composer has used features like the simile on page 455. It quotes ‘Hugo sat there like an animal, wet and shivering in the corner of his cage.’ The simile helps the audience to really know the situation of Hugo and what he was going through, getting trapped was what he dreaded all his life and it has become reality. The responder feels sympathy towards him like anyone would when you see an animal wet and shivering in the corner of a cage. When the page is turned the responder gets to visually see the emotion displayed on Hugo. It further gives the responder to feel even more sympathy towards him and the idea of Hugo like an animal wet and shivering in the corner of his cage is brought back to the responders mind. This is shown from the crossing of the arms to keep warm and the jumper pulled over his mouth. Brian has drawn Hugo in the cage showing the bars to express the idea of isolation and imprisonment. A lot of verbs have been used by Brian in the next 2 pages to build up what is about to happen and to create a busy scene. Some of these verbs

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