Puzzle

After rewatching the final scene in class today, I saw the jigsaw puzzle as a metaphor for interpreting Kane's life. Thompson, or whoever the guy is that's trying to figure out the meaning behind Rosebud, says something like "Rosebud is just a missing piece in a jigsaw puzzle." Before Kane dies, Susan keeps playing with jigsaw puzzles. This would be the equivalent of evaluating Kane's life and she understands that Kane lacks the ability to genuinely love, something he was deprived of when he was young after being taken away from his mother, and leaves him alone in his alienated castle. Love from a parent is primitive social need. Thompson's comment on Rosebud shows the difficulty or rather the impossibility of interpreting one's life. The missing piece is not the sled, it's Kane himself. Because Kane is the only one aware of Rosebud and he is the only one who can gather a simple interpretation of his life.