Words on happiness from Benjamin Franklin, “The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane follows a reporter in his quest to find the meaning behind a dead man’s last words. Charles Foster Kane is an extremely wealthy man who has struggled ever since youth to maintain a desired level of happiness. Charles Kane lusts after wealth, power, and love, but it seems to be an endless chase. Even at the end of his life he still was not happy. As Kane has an immensely large amount of wealth and he wants to showcase it to the world. He began to collect art of all forms. Kaine took a special liking towards statues, “They've been making statues for
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In 1910 Charles Kane decides to run for the position of governor of New York. This race for governor was part of his quest for power. At one point, even though it seemed like he was going to lose, Kane basically screams, “I'm going to be elected governor. And the first thing I'm going to do -” at his wife, Emily, and his competitor, Boss Edward G. Rogers. He was so certain that the voters would love him no matter what happens in his personal life. The documentary Happy, speaks about the differences between external and internal issues. People who focused on internal problems, such as personal growth or a desire to help other, were much happier than those who focused on external problems, money or image. Kane spends way too much time worrying about making people love him. Jedediah Leland spoke about Kaine “Love. That's why he did everything. That's why he went into politics. It seems we weren't enough, he wanted all the voters to love him too. Guess all he really wanted out of life was love. That's Charlie's story, how he lost it. You see, he just didn't have any to …show more content…
During the film, there was a time lapse of Charlie Kane, Emily Monroe Norton and their marriage. In this montage at the breakfast table, Kane and Emily slowly drift apart. At the end of this seen Emily brings Kane to see his mistress, Susan Alexander. While at Susan’s home, Emily Monroe stated, “You decided what you were going to do, Charles, some time ago” and promptly left. At the start of Kane’s marriage to Emily it seemed as though he was finally happy. His newspaper was taking off, he had a beautiful wife and a son, but it still was not enough. Because he was constantly at the Inquirer he did not spend much time with his family. According to the documentary Happy, the key to a person finding happiness is being around those they love and experiencing a sense of community. When someone spends time with those they love and those who love them, their brain releases high levels of the chemical dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that when released it causes people to go after activities that are enjoyed. It is also released when people are doing something they love to do. Had Kane divided his time better between his booming newspaper and his life at home, his happiness levels would have been substantially higher. Kane’s best, if not only, friend Jedediah Leland knew what Kane was doing and even stated that, “[He] don't care about anything except [himself]. [He] just want to
In 1910 Charles Kane decides to run for the position of governor of New York. This race for governor was part of his quest for power. At one point, even though it seemed like he was going to lose, Kane basically screams, “I'm going to be elected governor. And the first thing I'm going to do -” at his wife, Emily, and his competitor, Boss Edward G. Rogers. He was so certain that the voters would love him no matter what happens in his personal life. The documentary Happy, speaks about the differences between external and internal issues. People who focused on internal problems, such as personal growth or a desire to help other, were much happier than those who focused on external problems, money or image. Kane spends way too much time worrying about making people love him. Jedediah Leland spoke about Kaine “Love. That's why he did everything. That's why he went into politics. It seems we weren't enough, he wanted all the voters to love him too. Guess all he really wanted out of life was love. That's Charlie's story, how he lost it. You see, he just didn't have any to …show more content…
During the film, there was a time lapse of Charlie Kane, Emily Monroe Norton and their marriage. In this montage at the breakfast table, Kane and Emily slowly drift apart. At the end of this seen Emily brings Kane to see his mistress, Susan Alexander. While at Susan’s home, Emily Monroe stated, “You decided what you were going to do, Charles, some time ago” and promptly left. At the start of Kane’s marriage to Emily it seemed as though he was finally happy. His newspaper was taking off, he had a beautiful wife and a son, but it still was not enough. Because he was constantly at the Inquirer he did not spend much time with his family. According to the documentary Happy, the key to a person finding happiness is being around those they love and experiencing a sense of community. When someone spends time with those they love and those who love them, their brain releases high levels of the chemical dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that when released it causes people to go after activities that are enjoyed. It is also released when people are doing something they love to do. Had Kane divided his time better between his booming newspaper and his life at home, his happiness levels would have been substantially higher. Kane’s best, if not only, friend Jedediah Leland knew what Kane was doing and even stated that, “[He] don't care about anything except [himself]. [He] just want to