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Post by jkeeney on Feb 4, 2016 23:04:08 GMT
Citizen Cane is a very well known film that can be seen as relating to the American Dream. The main character in the movie becomes ridiculously wealthy and accomplished even though he sacrifices his happiness. The creator of the movie, Orson Wells, tries to make a point about this dream by making showing Kane's life after the immense wealth. He increasingly becomes more isolated and in prison like circumstances which is used to show again that material wealth is not everything. This "dream" that he had has actually become a nightmare in the sense that his full is full of wonderful things, but he is still terribly unhappy. This idea is also shown by the major symbol in the movie which is the rosebud. The rosebud serves as a reminder of his simple life when he was young and far less wealthy and the happiness that he felt. It ultimately shows that true happiness can never be replaced by money or lavish things.
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Post by annej on Feb 7, 2016 4:47:34 GMT
Jess, I agree with your ideas here, especially that this movie shows that you can't replace happiness with materialistic things. I feel as though this rags to riches type of American dream can relate very closely to that of The Great Gatsby. Both Jay Gatsby and Charles Kane began their lives very poor, but as they achieved more and more wealthy they grew farther and farther away from their happiness. They depended so much on their riches to give them happiness that they never truly realized that no amount of money could give them the joy that they were looking for, thus leading to their tragic, lonely deaths.
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Post by rileymcgrath on Feb 7, 2016 22:36:06 GMT
I think the symbol of the rosebud is really interesting. In comparison to Gatsby, Daisy could be seen as his rosebud. He wants to go back to when he wasn't wealthy and was in love with her. Throughout the book, Gatsby tries desperately to relive the past, but things have changed too much. Daisy is Gatsby's hope, but also his downfall. He loses sight of reality in attempts to impress her. This strays away from the symbolism of the rosebud, but Daisy is very representative of simpler times for Gatsby.
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