Joseph Eshlemen
SPEECH 1000 80117
9/25/13
Extra Credit (Rosebud)
The word “Rosebud” had many different kinds of meanings, some outrageous and others more relevant to the word but searching through all the explanations, I believe that the meaning for this word was the name of a snow sled that a young boy wanted but couldn’t really get back. This pictured on a drama film in the 1940’s called “Citizen Kane” that was produced, directed, co-written, and starred by a man named Orson Wells. It is believed that this artifact was just an allusion to the only time Mr. Kane (Orson Wells) was truly happy in his childhood. I think this is a significant item because growing up he got everything he wanted then lost it, but this particular