The Franklin Institute and Automatons

Chapters 4 and 5 are filled with a great deal of information about Hugo’s father and uncle. What do we learn about his father? His Uncle? The Automaton? Pick one or all three topics to blog about for this post.

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Brian Selzick did a great deal of research to write this wonderful book. One of his many stops was to a place that I visited many times as a child. Located in Philadelphia (my hometown), The Franklin Institute opened their doors to Brian as he wrote Hugo. Here he learned about automatons and their importance back in the in the early 1900s.


This link is the Franklin Institute's website. The top section contains a great deal of information about the early automotans. Half way down the page, you want to click the video on the right. This is when Brian visited and signed Hugo.
http://www.fi.edu/learn/sci-tech/automaton/automaton.php?cts=instrumentation -

Clocks

In Chapter 2, The Clocks, we learn a lot about Hugo and what he does everyday with them. In Chapter 3, the reader is provided with more information about the old man and some more about Hugo. The questions for this post are as follows:

1. How would you describe Hugo to someone that has never read the story?
2. Now, do the same thing for the old man, what is he like?

Post these thoughts onto the blog making sure to site evidence from the story to backup your reasons for saying what you say.

Happy reading,

Mr. Wittmer