Brian Selznick

Assignment 1: Short Essay – The Invention of Hugo Cabret The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Brian Selznick, 2007) tells the story of a mysterious young boy named Hugo, living in the walls of a Paris train station in 1931. It follows Hugo’s adventures, dreams, thoughts, and most of all, his quest to answer the many questions he has about his past. The Invention of Hugo Cabret “is a graphic novel that successfully alternates slabs of written texts with pages of black and white illustrations” (Lawn

“Frindle” by Andrew Clements illustrated by Brian Selznick Nick Allen is a child full of ideas who decides to replace the word “pen” with the word “frindle” after his teacher has told him that words are formed by the people making them, therefore he must try it out for himself and gets six of his friends to commit to using the word “frindle” instead of pen. Nick and his friends made a big show about using the new word every time they needed to say pen, however Mrs. Granger, the fifth grade, language

The Invention Of Hugo Cabaret Image Evaluation The invention of Hugo Cabaret, an award winning book by Brian Selznick. In a successful attempt to create a movie/book feeling, he replaced 158 pages of words with pictures. This picture, depicted on pages 118-119, caught my eye because it effectively contributes to the development of the narrative. It relates to Hugo's father, who is a minor character, but the picture perfectly correlates with the description provided in the pages.   This image

I relate most to Hugo from the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. The book is the story of a young orphan living in the walls of a train station in Paris and maintains the clocks, while trying, in secret, to repair an automaton left by his father. Hugo, like myself, possesses a natural curiosity and drive to explore new concepts. This has driven me to heights I could have never otherwise reached, because this part of me is my core, my very being, and everything I do stems from

Have you ever read the book titled WonderStruck? No? Well I think you should. I read the book titled WonderStruck, By: Brian Selznick, and it was one of the greatest books I have ever read. The book was so interesting and it always keeps you on the edge of your seat to always want to read more. This book is about a girl who ran away to go find her mom and she goes inside the house where she remembers where her mom last lived. When she went into the house she tries to look for her mom and she finds

Domenic F recommends the book WonderStruck by “Brian Selznick”. I was wondering what book should I read next? Then it hit me, how bout go to the library and look around. In the library I just kept walking back and forth then I see books from the author “Brian Selznick”. Then I remember that I read one of his other books. So I said to myself why don’t I try out this book and see if it is a good book. It turns out that this book was amazing! In this book it is mostly based in New York. This author

Everyone has been broken. Maybe some people still are and maybe others have been put back together by friends or loved ones. The fact still remains that everyone is or has been broken, and there is no way to stop that from happening. In Brian Selznick’s book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, he touches on this topic on nearly every page. Many - if not all - his characters are broken in some way or another. Hugo Cabret is broken because he has no parents to care for him, no siblings to share with and

The Invention Of Hugo Cabret The book “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Selznick is a wonderful children’s book about magic, friendship, and family. Hugo Cabret is an orphan who lives with his drunk uncle in a train station. His uncle happens to go missing and Hugo is in charge of running the clocks in the train station. Hugo ends up needing to fix a mysterious machine called the automaton and decides that it is a good idea to steal a mechanical mouse to help fix it, but he gets caught. George

Wonderstruck Book Report Wonderstruck is a novel written by Brian Selznick. It is stunning novel that weaves together two stories in an interesting format. The first story is done in words while the second one is done in beautiful illustrations. They take place in different times and locations but seem to be somewhat connected. The mystery of the novel is figuring out exactly how the two protagonists and stories are connected. However, it is apparent that one characteristic both protagonists share

Destry Rides Again, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, and the Fall of the Hollywood Studio System Thomas Schatz cites the 1950’s as the inevitable end of the Hollywood film studio system, with the signs appearing as early as the height of the second World War (472). However, the seeds of discontent and disintegration within the system were apparent as soon as the late 1930’s, exemplified in such films as Destry Rides Again (1939, George Marshall) and Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939, Frank Capra)