Charles Foster Kane was born of humble origins in Little Salem, Colorado in the fall of 1863. A derelict mine was given to his parents to settle a bill for room and board which happened fortuitously to be rich in gold. His parents were prosperous and intelligent with their decision to send their only child and only chance of success into the trusting care of Walter Parks Thatcher in 1871, a …show more content…
As a young man Kane took on the delicate business of running a newspaper ‘The New York Inquirer.’ He was a man with good morals and vigorously advocated them through many examples. His most profound statement was when he published his "declaration of principles", which stated his duty to tell his readers the truth. Kane was so fixated that his newspaper be true, that he used his personal resources to sustain business because of corrupt rivals sabotaging and the state of the economy - such as the war. Kane incurred expenses reaching a million-dollar annual loss. He was resolute in his beliefs that he never gave up stretching his credence for