tal flaw. It is certainly one of the main reasons Welles made the movie about Hearst in the first place. The next scene opens with Leland, one of Kane's only friends. Leland continued Bernstein's stories of Kane's belief in the ability to purchase love, and hinted at the one overwhelming thing about him, the absolute enigma he posed to even his closest friends. Leland explained how no one could understand Kane because of the contradictions in his beliefs and life. He said that, "Maybe Charlie wasn't brutal, he just did brutal things," (Citizen Kane) explaining how Kane, while a firm believer in the government and law, couldn't see how it applied to him. Hearst, who was an incredible egomaniac, shared the same beliefs. He was in constant conflict with himself. For instance, he supported the coal strikers while being backed by Tammany Hall, the very head of the Democratic party machine with close ties to big business (Swanberg 238-245). This trait is the one which Kane played out to full effect in his movie. Once the audience was sure that they were seeing Hearst up there, Welle's could explain the problems of a man like Hearst, a man who had to have his own way. His want at the moment was the largest paper in New York, but that would soon change. Leland told of Kane's arguments with his wife, which climaxed with Kane's ultimate statement of his belief in his own omnipotence. When Kane's wife begins, "People will think," he completes the sentence for her with, "What I tell them to think!" (Citizen Kane). Everything about Hearst's manner of speaking and his beliefs pointed to that fact that he was an egomaniac as well, a firm believer in his own power. The one thing Kane wanted in his life, Leland explained, was love, but it was the one thing he never found. He wanted the people to love him just as his newspaper staff did, and he went about making sure that it occurred by entering the world of politics. Right before his campaign for govern...
