美国总统里根遇刺,这是一件引起全世界哄动的大新闻。人们的关注之点和谈论的话题是那个凶手,那个名叫约翰·欣克利的二十五岁的青年。 这个欣克利为什么要刺杀里根?他的动机是什么?除了一则消息报道他和一个右翼组织有关系以外,没有其他材料可供分析,因此至今仍是一个谜。 就在这当儿,《华盛顿邮报》四月二日刊载了一个有趣的材料。说是在欣克利住的旅馆房间里查到了一封他在开枪刺杀里根前给一位名叫乔迪·福斯特的电影女演员写的一封信。信中表示,他非常爱她,并且希望她对他会逐渐感兴趣。 耐人寻味的是,欣克利在信中明确地说,他刺杀总统的“尝试”,就是为了要以此打动乔迪。他说:“我 The assassination of U.S. President Reagan is a big news that has stirred up the world. The point of concern and talk is the murderer, the twenty-five-year-old named John Hinkley. Why did Hinkley assassinate Ronald Reagan? What is his motive? There is no other material to analyze than one report that he has a relationship with a right-wing organization, which is still a mystery. At this moment, the Washington Post published an interesting piece on April 2. Said in a hotel room in Hinkley that he had found a letter he had written to a film actress named Jody Foster before he opened fire on Reagan. The letter said he loved her very much and hoped she would become more interested in him. Interestingly, Hinckley explicitly stated in his letter that his “attempt” to assassinate the President was intended to impress Jodie. He said: "I am