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- From: flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell)
- Subject: Re: re. Citizen Kane Question
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- References: <1992Dec23.144603.29202@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 08:18:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.144603.29202@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dtussey@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Daniel W Tussey) writes:
- >The fact that Rosebud was the name of Kane's sled as a boy is a fundamental
- >part of the movie, as I see it. The entire movie is about a man who is
- >searching for happiness. The sled symbolizes the happiness and comfort he felt
- >as a boy, and that was taken away from him. A big deal is made about the
- >Rosebud reference because it is the symbol for everyman's search for happiness.
-
- How about the idea that the sled isn't about happiness, but about his
- ability to strike out at the world. He isn't able to control anyone anymore
- and he rembers back to when he was a child and he manipulated his parents.
- This was also the time he first gained his wealth and did anything he
- wanted.
-
- Maybe he was wishing that he could start over again and not turn out
- to be the "control" addict that he had become?
-
- Flip
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