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American Dream: Fiction or Reality: The Truth About America Today
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ISBN13: 9798180557940
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 7 2026
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.07 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 7 2026
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.13
Height: 0.07 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
From the outside, America often looks like a promise: easy money, freedom, opportunity, success, entertainment, and happiness. Many people around the world imagine the United States as a country where anyone can arrive with nothing and quickly build everything. But is that the full truth? American Dream: Fiction or Reality? explores the gap between the America people imagine from the outside and the America people actually experience when they arrive. Through personal reflection, economic observation, and social analysis, Marc Aurele Yetgang examines the fiction, the reality, and the difficult question many people ask today: Is the American Dream still possible? This book is written for immigrants, students, young people, parents, families, and anyone who dreams of coming to America or building a better life in the United States. It explains the cost of living, the pressure of American life, the difficulty of credit and funding, the challenge of the first years, and the discipline required to succeed. The message is not that the American Dream is dead. The message is that the American Dream is often misunderstood. America still has open doors, but those doors do not open by imagination alone. They open through preparation, discipline, sacrifice, patience, value creation, and a clear understanding of reality. This book will help readers separate the dream from the fantasy - and prepare for the real America.
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