Citizen Kane Continued.....
In 1941, Orson Wells came out with what was to be one of the greatest American films of all time, “Citizen Kane”. It is often talked about as one of the most innovating films in the history of this great nation. But why is it so highly talked about as being American? I thought about the first day of literature when I wrote a million words on the board describing what an American was, and it made perfect sense as to why this film is so “American”.
This is a nation of the young and a place where we experience new things every day. I see young all over Citizen Kane. Charles Foster Kane is a young man himself, who takes over the National Inquire and gives it a new look. Things such as this happen all of the time. He does different things and flirts with disaster at some points, but Charles Kane showed that risk taking was going on in this nation of youth, and that keeps repeating itself now.
Greed is something that we as Americans are greatly known for. I see why we are the way we are when I watch this movie. Kane was so greedy. He wanted everything. The perfect job, all the money in the world, the perfect wife, and when she was not doing the trick for him he went else where. It is all about greed in this movie and it is people like this who paved the way for the United States of America.
However, though greed shows a little negative side in all of us, the fact that our nation is one of freedom sheds light on the positive side of things. Charles Foster Kane was, once he reached adulthood, able to do whatever he set his mind to. Though he had decisions made for him when he was little, which we all do, he was able to go his own way eventually. This is what most Americans do now, and it is a great thing.
On a last note, in the movie, Charles Foster Kane dies and reveals that he was not as happy as we all thought he was. Regret is one of the most popular things that show up in the American way of life. Regret is a small word that means a lot to many people.
This is a nation of the young and a place where we experience new things every day. I see young all over Citizen Kane. Charles Foster Kane is a young man himself, who takes over the National Inquire and gives it a new look. Things such as this happen all of the time. He does different things and flirts with disaster at some points, but Charles Kane showed that risk taking was going on in this nation of youth, and that keeps repeating itself now.
Greed is something that we as Americans are greatly known for. I see why we are the way we are when I watch this movie. Kane was so greedy. He wanted everything. The perfect job, all the money in the world, the perfect wife, and when she was not doing the trick for him he went else where. It is all about greed in this movie and it is people like this who paved the way for the United States of America.
However, though greed shows a little negative side in all of us, the fact that our nation is one of freedom sheds light on the positive side of things. Charles Foster Kane was, once he reached adulthood, able to do whatever he set his mind to. Though he had decisions made for him when he was little, which we all do, he was able to go his own way eventually. This is what most Americans do now, and it is a great thing.
On a last note, in the movie, Charles Foster Kane dies and reveals that he was not as happy as we all thought he was. Regret is one of the most popular things that show up in the American way of life. Regret is a small word that means a lot to many people.
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