Artifacts

To me the nightmare scene in Hugo symbolized how technology and machines can effect lives negatively. During the  nightmare sequence we see that Hugo is possibly murdered by the incoming train; the train destroyed the station while possibly injuring many citizens as it busted right through the windows off of the stations second floor. In Hugo's second nightmare we see him transform into the automaton he has been trying to fix for a great time during his life. I relate the first nightmare to how technology can be destructive for the reason that the train ends up destroying the whole station while endangering several lives. I related the second nightmare scene with how technology can mentally ruin a life through Hugo's passing of his father. During the film I understand that Hugo's last memory of his father is of the broken automaton that he and his faher spent their time together trying to fix. Hugo's father died in a museum fire; since the incident Hugo has independently been trying to finish the automaton he started in hope of finding a message potentially left behind from his father. Hugo dedicated his life to finding out what happened to his father through this piece of technology. I believe that the existence of the automaton is stopping Hugo from moving on in life, which is a way of showing the negative effect tachnology can have on one mentally.
In the film Modern Times (1936) we see that technology has the ability to turn a man crazy in the head. Charlie Choplin's character was a man who originally worked at a factory as a screw tightning guy; his twisting motions were so repetitive that it caused him to twitch and feel as if everything in a round shape needed tightning. This caused Choplin to lose his job and end up in jail, giving an example of how technology/machines can effect one's life in a negative way.