that has a light turned on. As the backgrounds begin to change into a closer view of the castle,

then a view of the castle from the reflection of the water surrounding it, we are drawn into the

window as a man falls dead with the last words "Rosebud" coming from his mouth. We are then

brought through a maze of scenes that reflect one man's journey through life from his childhood

with an abusive father, to the time he inherits the world's sixth largest fortune.

Charles Foster Kane, is portrayed in the movie as a man who has everything one could

ever want. Whatever he doesn't posess, he tries to buy. Power and wealth to Kane are the

epitamy of success, and although he claims or atleast tries to be happy, he truly is not a happy

person. As Kane begins to learn that the things he wants most in life he cannot purchas

"rosebud" was more of a way to show how Kane suffered from his childhood, and connect it to

Kane used his paper, the Enquirer to manipulate the minds of the public into believing whatever

irrelevent. Kane was only interested in promoting himself by not only bad-mouthing people, but

but can't seem to find happiness. I feel that this film is significant in saying that power and

and could not love. He never knew any of these things because he was always given things to

make him happy or to buy his love. Kane could never buy the one thing that he tried so hard to

Some common words found in the essay are:
Alexander Kane's, Orson Welles, Foster Kane, Kane Getty's, Citizen Kane, , kane truly, citizen kane, view castle, kane paper, buy tried, power wealth,
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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)