"Citizen Kane is the story of failure brought about by success." The protagonist, Charles Foster Kane's, success as a public figure is what leads to his failure as a private one. He becomes an individual who simply cannot maintain any private relationships. He ends up a lonely figure whose story evokes pity.
As a child, Kane lives a happy life with his parents. We see him playing joyfully in the snow. Unfortunately for him, a defaulted boarder gives his mother a fortune and this potentially enormous wealth is given to Kane. …
