Nightmare Sequence

The significance of this scene in Hugo is the idea of machines being apart of Hugo's life. In the beginning of the film Hugo is in a machine (clock) the movie continues Hugo and his dad is trying to fix a machine (bot). Once Hugo's father dies fixing the machine meant everything to Hugo he almost feels like its his duty to fix the bot himself because it would've made a part of him feel connected to his father. Therefore, in the middle of the movie what more to show then more machines. Hugo eat, sleep, dreams, machines. His whole life is surrounded by machines. The nightmare was to allow the audience to understand that fixing the machine was important to Hugo, once he saw the key that matches the bot he dove right into the train station tracks with no hesitation. The one missing piece he was looking for was there right before his eyes. The train running away wasn't of important the train moved so Hugo wouldn't die, so what? If Hugo would've died right then and there the movie would've ended in confusion. What about the little girl what about Pa George? Part two of the nightmare when Hugo turned into a machine signified that Hugo thought about the bot so much that he turned into one, thats how much fixing the bot was on his mind.