Citizen Kane

The first scene of Citizen Kane was mysterious because it starts off with a close up shot of the sign "No Trespassing" and the viewers automatically know that they are about to enter a restricted place. There are so many questions that go through the viewers head because we wonder what was the significance of the dying words of Mr Kane which was "Rosebud". As we find out at the end of the movie the word itself isnt as important as it seemed at the begginning of the movie as the director purposely made the dying words of Mr Kane significance but it was all to throw the viewers off. Mr Kane also had a snow globe in his hand and you wonder what is the connection between rosebud and the snow globe. At the end we learn the rosebud is the sled Mr Kane used to play with and the only thing that remained constant in his lifetime. As a child his parents gave him up in order for him to pursue a better life and most importantly to get him away for his abusive father.
He had all the material things money can buy. Most of the shots were shot in low key lighting to emphasis the emptiness and the life Mr Kane lived. Even though, he had lots of money, he was deep down lonely and sad. He had changed his persona and through Mr Leiland, a close friend of his. We learn that Mr Kane changed drastically because he wanted to be loved by everyone and he felt the people owed him the love. You can not help but to feel sorry for the guy, after all his parents sort of chose his lifetime from the early stage of his life. He could've known better and chose to use his popularity and celebrity status to make a difference in hiscommunity. I guess one can say that he tried but that money is the root to evil and that he got carried away with the worldly things and not caring for others.