Some people say that the development trend of human history is democratic equality, more and more secularization and civilianization. I enjoyed it, but when I opened the history books, I began to miss the legendary characters and mysterious families of those great narratives. How boring would history be without them? ! Especially those people and those things are shown through film and television, which is even more moving.
In December, I watched the eight episodes of "The Kennedys" with my spare time. Different from ordinary soap operas, the content of each episode of the "Kennedy" family is intertwined with each other. International and domestic events are intertwined and intertwined with small events inside and outside the family. War crises are generally imminent, with epic spirit and cinematic style.
And the characters of the Kennedy family in the play, whether it is the aggressive old Kennedy, the gentle old Mrs. Kennedy, or the talented Kennedy couple, the young Kennedys who can't hide their brilliance, all have distinct personalities, which are unforgettable and thought-provoking. . They are all worthy of our careful reading.
First, the old Kennedy - the enterprising Irish immigrant
Old Kennedy is representative of the pioneering spirit of immigrants. When Sr. Kennedy was helping JACK to run for president, he said to his old acquaintances more than once: "This country treats us well. We had nothing, but we are now rich. I just want to give back to this family. The country. Kennedy can change the country. Eisenhower and Nixon didn't stop Castro, but JACK can do what they didn't." There is the stubbornness and arrogance of the old Irish peasants, as well as the eagerness to serve and achieve the country Desire of self-worth.
It can be said that the enterprising and self-confident spirit of the old Kennedy was the driving force behind the Kennedy family's fortune. Everything seems to be going according to the will of the old Kennedy, and there seems to be nothing to stop the upward trend of the Kennedy family. The ambitious eldest son John died on the battlefield of World War II, and the old Kennedy actively cultivated the second son Jack, who was not optimistic. After the second son Jack was elected, the old Kennedy tried his best to promote the third son Bobby to be the attorney general. Facts have proved that "the father and son are soldiers, and the tigers are brothers." When the bloody spirit of the Irish peasants was injected into the stable and rational Anglo-Saxon system, Jack and Bobby really turned each other's horns. On the issue of racial discrimination on campus, they were with Cuba's Bay of Pigs. In the event, on the issue of the nuclear crisis with the Soviet Union, etc., he played several rounds of beautiful combination punches, which partially fulfilled the old Kennedy's promise to his old friends.
But human character is two sides of the same coin, and it can give you advantages and scars. Old Kennedy's "unscrupulous" to achieve his presidential dream opened the way for JACK. It was also used by political brokers. Although he temporarily won the votes of industrial workers under the control of the Chicago gangster, he eventually forged a hatred with the gangster because Bobby was the attorney general and he seriously cracked down on crime. Therefore, in the end, the reasons for President Kennedy's assassination are different, and one of them is that he died in revenge of the gang. There is an old saying in China, "Success is also Xiao He, and defeat is Xiao He", which is also very appropriate.
Of course, from the above examples, in addition to seeing the character of the old Kennedy and the important role he played in the Kennedy family, we can also see that American screenwriters are not afraid to face and reveal the weaknesses of the electoral system, such as this system may also manipulated, exploited, etc. However, behind this weakness, you can also see the strength of the democratic system, it will not block it because others describe its shortcomings... (The southern night is cold, save coding time, omitted here thousand words).
Mrs. Kennedy, Sr. - the stoic Catholic
Although Jacqueline, the wife of President Kennedy, is more famous in history and internationally, I personally think that the old Mrs. Kennedy in the play is richer and more three-dimensional, which makes people clearly feel a heavy spiritual power, and makes people believe in a The style of the family must be closely related to the grandmother. If Mr. Kennedy is the driving force of the family, then Mrs. Kennedy is the strong backing of the family.
Mrs. Kennedy was born into a traditional Catholic family. There is a plot in the play where Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Jacqueline discuss the issue of her husband's affair. Old Mrs. Kenny said: "Our husbands are gifted with talent and romantic. When I was young, there were many scandals about Kennedy. My dear, those are not rumors (rumor). I also have the limit of patience, I moved back to my father's house with the kids. Kennedy came to see my father, and then my father sent me back, and he said, 'A Catholic woman should stay with her husband.'" A traditional family is comparable to the "three obediences and four virtues" in our country. However, under the dignified tradition, the old Mrs. Kennedy maintained her own will, and all her concessions were to stick to the most essential part of the tradition-that is, the love for family and children.
In addition to patience, Mrs. Kennedy's biggest characteristic is acceptance and conviction. She firmly believes that "God's methods are different, but his purpose is the same." She hoped that Kennedy Sr. could go to church to be the Messiah, but Sr. Kennedy was always perfunctory and humorously said: "To be successful, you must have two Hand. God's hand, and my hand." When his eldest son was killed in World War II, the old Kennedy roared: "Damn! This is God's will! He let such a smart and handsome man , and promising young people just died!" And old Mrs. Kennedy could only wash her face in tears. When the old Kennedy was paralyzed by a stroke, the old Mrs. Kennedy faced her devastated husband and comforted her: "Accept God's will, take your time, you will stand up and let the children see." Daughter-in-laws Jacqueline and Isol candidly said, "Of all my children, I like Bobby the most. Because the other two boys are like Kennedy, and Bobby is like me, and Bobby is mine." Indeed, President Kennedy's younger brother, Justice Although Minister Bobby is resolute in his work, he has no big political ambitions in his bones. He likes to live with his ordinary wife and children. He entered politics to satisfy his father's ambition and to help his dear brother. But when President Kennedy was killed and Bobby decided to run for the next president to fulfill his brother's unfinished ambitions, Mrs. Kennedy participated in Bobby's campaign speech to win the support of the majority of female voters for him. Mrs. Kennedy accepted all the good and bad things that happened in her life, because she firmly believed in the existence and arrangement of God, so she once said: "If it wasn't for my belief, what happened in my life would be enough to make me unable to persist to this day."
Lao Tzu said that water is the most good and soft thing in the world, but "the world should not contend with it". The energy behind Mrs. Kennedy's perseverance is equally astonishing. When the old Kennedy was the ambassador to the United Kingdom, he was replaced by President Roosevelt. The impatient old Kennedy immediately wanted to attack the president. At this time, Mrs. Kennedy expressed deeper political wisdom: "Roosevelt used to be kind to you, if you attack him at this time, others will think you are ungrateful, so it's all over. Dear, you write a letter Thank the president and accept his removal." Once again, the elder Kennedy insisted that President Kennedy introduce Bobby into the cabinet, and Mrs. Kennedy opposed it, believing that this would lead to doubts from the media and the public. It was not until the elder Kennedy stated that, as young as President Kennedy, if no one in the cabinet voiced support for him, his policies would not be implemented, and Mrs. Kennedy turned to support her husband's decision. Later, it turned out that during the Bay of Pigs incident and the Cuban crisis, Bobby's "charge" played a crucial role in President Kennedy's cabinet resolution to exclude the military's opposition and to deal with the CIA Hoover's boycott. When the old Mrs. Kennedy was still suffering from a stroke because of the Chicago gangster, she called to express her dissatisfaction with the brothers of President Kennedy, thinking that they should not treat their father like this anyway. What a strong woman she is!
But it is in the handling of family affairs that best reflects the character of the old Mrs. Kennedy. It turned out that in addition to three outstanding boys, the old Kennedy family also had a daughter named "rosemary", who was diagnosed with intellectual disability when she was 8 years old, and was prone to out of control and madness. Sr. Kennedy made his own decisions and went his own way. He sent Mary to a nun for foster care, and performed an operation on Mary's forehead without telling Sr. Kennedy. The operation failed, and Mary ceased to be mad, became dull and sluggish, and soon died. Kennedy's cold-blooded explanation of his series of actions, he said, "Our other children have a future, but Rosemary does not. Keeping her at home will delay other children." Mrs. Kennedy pleaded: "Although Luo Rosemary is like that, but she is a gift from God, and we have to accept it, okay?" Years passed, and every time Mrs. Kennedy went to church, she would take a picture of Rosemary and hold back her tears. . When the old Kennedy had a stroke, the old Mrs. Kennedy dismissed the close female secretary who had an ambiguous relationship with the old Kennedy. The old Kennedy wrote "revenge" on the blackboard with anger and trembling, and the old Mrs. Kennedy said: "I am not revenge on you, It's God." The so-called "revenge" in the
West and the so-called "retribution" in the Buddhists all originate from a religious spirit, can you say that it is not good, right? What's wrong with putting on a net of awe early on for a man who will do anything to get his way? No one can completely ignore the rights and feelings of others, otherwise everything will be repaid. "God's methods are different, but the purpose is the same. Amen~" The dominant role played by religious spirit in family and social life may also be the most significant difference between the East and the West, and it is worth continuing to experience it.
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