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- From: porges@beretta.camb.inmet.com (Don Porges)
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- Subject: Re: re. Citizen Kane Question
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.203236.29134@inmet.camb.inmet.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 20:32:36 GMT
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- In article <L25iwB4w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> dascoser@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (david serchay) writes:
- >flip@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Phillip D. Russell) writes:
- >
- >> In article <1992Dec23.144603.29202@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> dtussey@magnus.
- >> >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 f
- >> >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 happine
- >>
- .
- .
- .
- .>
- >Another interesting "sled" thing, was that the new sled that Thatcher
- >gave him, was named "Crusader", Foreshadowing his eventuall crusades
- >against big business.
- >
- >Dascoser
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- If we're going to be playing this game: note that Kane almost found
- Rosebud again during his life. He was on his way to go through
- his mother's old things in a warehouse -- but instead, he met
- Susan Alexander.
-
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