The Invention of Hugo Cabret Isolation Quotes

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Quote #7

I shut the door on my past…. I burned my old sets and costumes. I was forced to sell my movies to a company that melted them down and turned them into shoe heels. (2.8.16)

Papa Georges really is hard on himself. After his business tanks, he pretty much makes himself go into a self-imposed exile. He turns his back on the film industry and goes into his claustrophobic lifestyle of selling toys at a booth and coming home every day.

Quote #8

Hugo sat there like an animal, wet and shivering in the corner of his cage. (2.10.4)

Poor Hugo is literally imprisoned in the train station when the Station Inspector catches up to him and reprimands him for stealing milk. This just might be his loneliest moment. But luckily, his least lonely moment is just around the corner.

Quote #9

In the darkness of a new cinema that opened in a nearby neighborhood, Hugo was able to travel backward through time and see dinosaurs and pirates and cowboys […] (2.11.2)

But Hugo is trapped no more! Not only does he have the freedom to do what he wants, but through the magic of film, he’s able to let his mind and imagination roam where it wants.