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- From: flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell)
- Subject: Re: Citizen Kane question
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- Keywords: Citizen Kane
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- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- References: <1992Dec23.003118.23186@cs.uow.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 08:13:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.003118.23186@cs.uow.edu.au> davidr@cs.uow.edu.au (David Ian Raymond) writes:
- >Hi,
- > I watched Citizen Kane yesterday. I was a bit let down by the ending but
- >I suspect that I didn't catch the significance of it all.
- > What was the thing that they threw in the fire at the end with Rosebud
- >written on it and what was its significance? I was led to believe that the
- >whole mystery would be revealed in the last few moments, so I think this must
- >have been a key to the mystery. Could someone please explain it all to me?
- >
- > Thanks, David.
-
- The thing in the fire was Kane's sled that he had as a child.
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- So, he was thinking of his sled "Rosebud" before he died.
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- Now, the significance of the sled is what everyone debates about.
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- Should we start it up?
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- Flip
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