Concept 14 Story Beats

1) Setup: When Charles Foster Kane utters the words Rosebud in the final scene
2) Catalyst: Thatcher takes Kane to come live with him in
3) First major fly: Kane chooses to do Journalism as his career in life
4) Point of no return: Thatcher is disappointed in Kane’s success with the newspaper, so now he is on his own
5) Second major fly: Kane marries the singer, and spotlights her career
6) Kane loses his second wife Susan, and becomes unpopular with the newspapers and the media
7) Resolution: On his final days Kane sits alone reminiscing on his childhood days with his family, and the reporter realizes that Rosebud was the most important thing in his life