I know this thread is a bit old by now, but I wanted to stop in and say -
I always felt like Kane super-imposed the simplicity of his childhood as what he wanted. I mean, he wasn't actually longing for his sled, obviously. But when he thought about what he wanted, he didn't actually miss his mother (I think he did probably miss his mother, but not in this context) or anything about those times. That is, I don't think he felt connected to those memories, or dwelt on them often. I think he was looking for a way to define the things he wanted and couldn't seem to find; it wasn't his actual childhood he longed for but the way he had redefined his childhood in his adulthood--he'd redefined it as simplicity, genuine feeling love.
I dunno, perhaps that is such a subtle distinction that it doesn't really matter, but I like the idea that Kane idealized his own childhood; he didn't really want the real one back; he just always wanted things he couldn't have.
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I always felt like Kane super-imposed the simplicity of his childhood as what he wanted. I mean, he wasn't actually longing for his sled, obviously. But when he thought about what he wanted, he didn't actually miss his mother (I think he did probably miss his mother, but not in this context) or anything about those times. That is, I don't think he felt connected to those memories, or dwelt on them often. I think he was looking for a way to define the things he wanted and couldn't seem to find; it wasn't his actual childhood he longed for but the way he had redefined his childhood in his adulthood--he'd redefined it as simplicity, genuine feeling love.
I dunno, perhaps that is such a subtle distinction that it doesn't really matter, but I like the idea that Kane idealized his own childhood; he didn't really want the real one back; he just always wanted things he couldn't have.