The American dream, it's the visionary student working in his garage, it's the pugnacious foreigner who has just arrived and who – through hard work, courage and a bit of luck as well - becomes somebody.

It's success, social climbing, recognition. Sometimes, it's also wealth and fame.

Anything is possible in America and the myth is deeply rooted. However, the dream can also be harsher: it does not always turn out to be what we thought.