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"The 'American dream' has always been an idea of failure."

I am having a problem analyzing this; people in general have their own concepts of the American Dream and what it is. Please explain?

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Hi there! Thanks for the opportunity to help you; I hope this does so. ^_^

You're completely right, in the sense that everyone will have a unique idea of the "American Dream," and therefore will go about that dream differently. However, there are at least some core basics to what the concept means; this is natural, of course, because while it may "mean many things to many people," it's still a ...

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