citizen kane

1. Charles Foster Kane dies at Xanadu 2. News on the March 3. Discussion of the Newsreel by the reporters. 4. Thompson's first visit to Susan Alexander at the El Rancho nightclub 5. Thompson visits the Thatcher Library to read Thatcher's account of his first meeting with Kane and his family. 6. Flashback to time Thatcher visiting the Kane family at their home in Colorado; based on an agreement with Kane's mother, Thatcher takes the child Kane away from his parents. 7. …

…a "showgirl" -- His marriage to Emily Norton, then divorce, is not explained. -- No information about his childhood, his work experience, his relationship to Thatcher, his political ambitions, his relationship to Susan, reasons for their divorce, his old age, life in Xanadu. . . . SO: Who is Charles Foster Kane? What are his values? What were his strengths? What was his vision? What were his shortcomings? his failings? Why didn't he find his "bliss"? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**