Citizen Kane: Lost Childhood

KANE'S LOST CHILDHOOD Citizen Kane is one of the most famous movies ever made. The movie tells the story of a child who inherited a fortune and was then taken away from his surroundings and his parents to be raised by a banker by the name of Mr. Thatcher. Kane becomes a very wealthy newspaper tycoon who holds on to material things to make up for his loss of a childhood and lack of love …

…crumbling around him, his lofty dreams left unrealized as the stark unfinished corridors of Xanidu witness his final thoughts. Citizen Kane has many themes in it but the loss of a childhood and the lack of love from his mother are ones that follow Kane throughout his entire life. It even follows him to his death. Kane dies without living a full life as living a life without love is not living life at all