Before this assignment, I had never seen the film, "Hugo." Because of this, when I did watch it, I had the opportunity to experience it through the lens of our management class. At the beginning of "Hugo," I expected to see leadership through one of the adult characters, perhaps one who would take up Hugo as an apprentice. However, as the movie progressed, I realized that we learn most of our lessons on leading from the young boy himself. This movie brings about many motivational themes, in addition to addressing the environment. The most obvious leadership theme found in the film, Hugo was that a skilled and intuitive person with great leadership skills can discern when it is appropriate to break rules in order to achieve a greater goal. On the surface, one of the first things we notice about Hugo is his seemingly great amount of self-motivation, before we are given a fuller understanding of the personal struggles that drive his desire to fix the automaton and ultimately find a lifelong friend. We see that his skill and love for all things mechanical or clockwork are directly derived from Hugo's relationship with his father. When we discover his gripping loss, we can more greatly comprehend of the complexity of Hugo's deliberate attempts to obtain his goal and that he's not just a stubborn brat, but rather a hurting prodigy with valid motives. Hugo's existence is not that of a typical twelve year old boy. The portion of his life lived with his father taught him the important life lessons of working hard for what you have, being resourceful, and not taking anything for granted. When we are introduced to Hugo, he is in a different stage of his life “the one without his father's physical presence." Although at this point he is considered an orphan, he is not left completely abandoned in that the things his father taught him still live on. Hugo's unique life experiences, strong-willed determination and magnificent tinkering skil