Every American who hopes to "make it" also knows the fear of failure, because the myth of success inevitably implies comparison between the haves and the have-nots, the stars and the anonymous crowd.

每个希望“成功”的美国人也都知道对失败的恐惧，因为成功的神话不可避免地意味着成就和失败、明星和普通人之间的比较。