读《光荣与梦想》1932~19xx年有感

梦想与大爱

——读《光荣与梦想》1932~19xx年有感

周菲 弋阳教育

19xx年到19xx年，美国饱受着内忧外患，面临那一波未平一波又起的坎坷国运。在这十年里不同立场的政治人物里，有的让我堪为佩服，有的让我嗤之以鼻。给人记忆深刻的永远不是小人，而是时代造就的英雄。

19xx年，美国处于'大萧条'时期，经济危机。失业率、饥民量和流浪者猛增，连白宫对面的建筑物行政办公楼竟也破烂不堪、外表丑陋。远征退伍军人却成为了政府所驱赶与攻击的对象，其因为美国支付不起他们的退伍费用，连总统胡佛对此行为默认……甚至人们宁愿自杀也不愿苟且偷生。

在这样的背景下，谁当总统谁就是被人们所唾弃的，然而乱世中总会出现英雄。当罗斯福被提名为总统候选人时，别人说什么他都回答是是是，人们都说他是两面派，胡佛也相信他会是个听话的傀儡。谁都没想到竞选成功后的他才用不断的行动展示了其真正的实力。

罗斯福就是让我在本书中钦佩不已的政治人物之一。

罗斯福有着聪明过人犹太人的头脑，而且还善于等待。做人进退维谷、做事干脆利落，任何时候不轻易改变决定、兼听则明偏信则暗。当众多小人诽谤他，甚至伤害他家人时，他仍旧坚持决定好的做法，甚至不把诽谤的人当作对手。我们可以学到一点：一定不要和小人做纠缠，必要的时候重重一击，不给再次喘气的机会。

聪明的人总是会被聪明误，罗斯福也是。好几次明明想打击对方却给自己挖了好大的坑，不过聪明的人懂得如何去挽回局面，甚至来个扭转乾坤。

在面对珍珠港事件，罗斯福表现出不可置信，但事实让他无话可驳。突如其来的袭击让他愤怒的同时，也让他自尊心极其受挫，可是罗斯福就是罗斯福，很快就冷静下来并暗中采取措施。罗斯福的睿智远见和控制能力，非常人可及也。

而罗斯福让我感动的不是他的能力有多强，头脑有多聪明，而是他对目标的坚定、对行动的笃定。在'大萧条'时期坚定自己能让美国走出危机，他做到了！在四届竞选中他笃信美国人们会拥护他，他获得了！在就任总统期间，他坚信行动会打倒流言蜚语，他成功了！还有很多其他事件……为目标思考，就会排除一切阻碍！

我钦佩的是第二个政治人物是休伊。朗。

朗是极端主义的领袖，最懂得在合适的时机以合适的方式夺权。他是罗斯福真正需要防备的。出生在贫困地区的朗因为极佳的天赋使他鹤立鸡群，自力更生的他也让人信任。值得一提的是，他仅8个月的时间完成了杜伦大学法学系三年的课程，且路易斯安那州最高法院授予21岁的他律师执照，其成就之高在杜伦大学无第二人。这成就不是聪明就可以办到的，决不放弃的毅力。

同样地，朗的头脑不是让我感动的。让我感动的除了他的坚持，还有他在采用手段获得高位之后的担当了高位背后的责任，他让穷人念得起书，修建了很多利民利国的道路与桥梁，新办的夜校让几十万的成年文盲学会识字，更敬佩的是他是唯一平等对待黑人的州长！

而朗的死却让人惋惜不已，没有人知道那个人为什么枪杀朗。美国人们为朗送行的阵势浩荡，可见美国人民是多么拥戴朗。也许朗没有死，罗斯福与他的争夺战会是段精彩的历史。聪明的人不怕聪明的对手，就怕对手和你一样仁行善德、为民为国。

第三个让我钦佩的算不上政治人物，却生活在政治中。她是罗斯福的妻子：埃莉诺。 埃莉诺从小长得丑，一直也被妈妈歧视着。长大后声音又亮又尖，门牙突出，素面朝天让人远离。而罗斯福向她求婚，三年后罗斯福的母亲才同意，两人结合。本以为幸福终于来临了，而婚后的罗斯福却爱上了社交秘书露西，两者暧昧不已。

在露西婚后一年在斯福双腿瘫痪，埃莉诺却不计前嫌地、无私地为罗斯福做出了很大奉献，帮助丈夫重回政坛，为丈夫抛头露脸。可当罗斯福当时总统后，让露西享受豪华待遇，露西也三天两头与罗斯福在白宫幽会，甚至弥留之际让露西伴他左右。

从妻子角度说，可怜的埃莉诺无法和罗斯福谈一场火热的恋爱，也无法与他保持亲密的夫妻关系；但从女人层面谈，伟大的埃莉诺为了所爱的人爱得义无反顾，为之奉献一生。

这里要说清楚她所爱的人不单是罗斯福，更是爱褴褛不堪的穷人、受人歧视的黑人！不知疲倦地鼓励底层人们，东奔西跑地为人们送去支持，她为国民所做的奉献足以温暖整个世界。

我所敬佩的这三个人都有两个特点：一是对梦想的坚持，二是对人类的大爱。 '当你有梦想时，世界都会为你开路。'有人把这句话当真理，有人半信半疑，有人把它当笑话，所以世间中就会有成功者，平庸者与失败者。坚定自己的信念，坚持自己的行动，梦想之花终会绽放！这个世界一开始就没有注定谁平庸，谁贫谁富？谁后台硬谁无后台？一系列的客观条件对于意志坚定的人来说只会是影响因素，不会是决定因素。

智者乐，仁者寿。有大爱的人生活才充满温暖，不纠结于小打小闹，明白世间有很多我们需要去做的事情，而不是去计较陈芝麻烂谷子。天地自有大手笔，一撇一捺让我们为之震撼。在没有天灾的时候，我们应当减少人祸的存在，减轻人们所受的伤害……没有人要求得了我们对他人好，但奉献一份微薄之力会让自己的生活更幸福！ （中畈培英小学 周菲供稿）

 

第二篇：光荣与梦想-读后感

Review of “The glory and the dream”

It was not until I came to university that I stumbled upon William Manchester’sThe Glory and the Dream: A Narrative History of America 1932-1972. I devoured that huge work, with an incredible joy. This was

history, not in black and white as so many histories are, concerned mostly with names, dates, and battles, but in full living Technicolor. A rainbow of information of what life was like.

It was from Manchester that I learned of the Bonus Expeditionary Force, and the response of General

MacArthur, and the future President Eisenhower, who was his aide. As his only aide, Eisenhower's desk was separated from the Army’s Chief of Staff by a single slatted door. Did you know that Eisenhower would draw trolley tokens down the hall of the Executive Office Building, to travel up Pennsylvania Ave to the Hill? I didn’t, and found the image fascinating.

This was history the way I only dreamt it could be: interesting and alive.

Throughout this wonderful volume are insights into what people were doing, how they were living during the 40 years between 1932 and 1972. It is by no means a true comprehensive history of this period, because even at 1300 pages, it is not long enough. But he does a masterful job of fleshing out these years, and peopling them with names that my generation will find familiar.

Walter Reuther, head of the UAW, who demanded that the big three auto makers increase wages while not increasing prices. “He didn’t get it, but he altered the concept of labor-management relations all the

same.” Edward R Murrow gets an American Portrait as well, as does Norman Thomas, Benjamin Spock and a young Ralph Nader.

And each era gets a montage of pop culture that

includes phrases from songs being sung, slogans and headlines of the age that help make it more

immediate. And more like today.

I want history to tell me more than what happened at any given time: I want it to tell me what life was like.

William Manchester filled this gap for a brief forty year segment. The main outlines, dates, names and battles I had studied or learned about elsewhere, but he made them all come alive for me and showed me how they led inexorably, from one to the other

More than all of this however, The Glory and the Dream taught me a fundamental truth about

history. That it is now.

It is what we do with our lives today that will determine the history that our children and our grandchildren

learn. Which is a cliché only because it is true as is the fact that it is going to happen whether or not you are there to participate.

But history happens on multiple levels. Yes, the OWS movement is historic, but so is the latest Lady Gaga song. And the road your brother-in-law is working on. Or the vote you cast next year. Or don't cast next year.

William Manchester changed the way I see history. No longer was it the story of famous people doing

important things, it was instead a rich tapestry of many colored silks, which is still being woven today.