Modernism Citizen Kane

Unit 7- Modernism- Citizen Kane – “Something to be Proud of” by Montgomery Gentry In the Modernism unit we saw and learned that money, fame and material things do not mean you are successful. Our society today is growing into a society that is focused on material goods and money which has changed the definition of “The American Dream”. Before “The American Dream” was known as a dream to make your own decisions and do what you wanted with no restrictions. Now our whole society measures everyone’s “rank” as how much money and material things they have accumulated over their life time. Citizen Kane by Orson Welles, was a film we watched for this unit, Charles Foster Kane was the main character in the film and the whole film was centered around …show more content…
In this song the artist tells the story about how his father always told him its not the money you make in a life time is the relationships and the sacrifices you make to make yourself a better person. With this he states how his father hasn’t made millions and that he is personally proud of his happy life with all of the relationships he has formed over the years. I feel the song “Something to be proud of” is a very good representation of this unit because the artist realizes that you don’t have to have lots of money in order to live a happy and prosperous life. The modernism unit is expressed in so many things in our daily lives if we just stop and think about some of the things we watch like the film “Citizen Kane” and the things we listen to like the song from Montgomery Gentry. Like all of the units in our class Modernism can be seen in our lives on a daily basis because the messages of the units are lessons we can apply to life in order to make us better …show more content…
Most of these characters are “rebelling” from society but that isn’t necessarily their motive for doing the things they do. They are just following their dreams and being themselves even though others may not approve of who they are being. Into the Wild by John Krakauer is one of the best examples for the theme Search for Identity but doesn’t have the happy endings others may have. One of the most famous quotes from the book is “If this adventure proves fatal and you don’t ever hear from me again I want you to know you‘re a great man. I now walk into the wild. Alex. P” The common misconception on this quote is that he was not trying to kill himself in Alaska. He knew the risks in surviving in the wild and didn’t care because living off the land was his