If you’re going to be successful, you have to take some big risks.

Taking risks, like this little fish jumping from his small little fish bowl on a bigger better fish bowl he is taking a risk, an actions to get something that is better and exciting. He is trying to get something better and his risk is missing and never making it to the big bowl.

In the book, Walter took a risk of taking all of the left over money his mother had received from his father's death and gave it all to a guy named Willy. Unfortunately Willy ran off with the money and Walter and his family had no money left. Walter took a risk and yes he thought he was going to be successful unfortunately that never did happen.