Citizen Kane

• One important scene would have to be the scene at the beginning, where Kane dies and drops the snow globe while uttering his last word "Rosebud". This scene is what drives the plot forward as Thompson goes around asking everyone connected to Kane about Rosebud. I would just like to say that Kane has no reason to want his childhood back. His childhood must have sucked. First of all his dad beat him all the time and all he did all day was sled on a tiny hill by himself. Personally i would not trade being the richest man in the world for a crappy childhood where my dad would beat me with a belt. I mean really give me a break his mom wanted him to have a better life and in the end he cries about it and destroys rooms.


• One theme of the film is the theme of the American Dream. While Kane is a kid his family is poor. Then later on in his life he turns the newspaper into a fortune. He has everything that a man could want but he still isn't happy. This film is a good example of the distorted vision of the American dream.