I think it's about how contagious this materialistic, money-driven society we live in is. An immigrant saved up all his money to bring his family here and talks about how lonely it was without them. Once they get here, their and his values change and they don't see one another except for maybe once a year. His wife is maybe ashamed that they're having money problems, they're trying to look like they have a lot of money, like a keeping-up-with-The-Joneses kind of thing. I think the walking is him remembering what is important - getting back to basics. He sees his family and realizes that he does it for their sake, so they don't have to suffer the way he has. In the end, he lost a bunch of money and there's possibly some kind of Ponzi scheme involved (criminal?). He's saying he didn't intend to hurt anyone, he was just too proud to ask for help when he started to drown, and it just spiraled out of control.
I think it's about how contagious this materialistic, money-driven society we live in is. An immigrant saved up all his money to bring his family here and talks about how lonely it was without them. Once they get here, their and his values change and they don't see one another except for maybe once a year. His wife is maybe ashamed that they're having money problems, they're trying to look like they have a lot of money, like a keeping-up-with-The-Joneses kind of thing. I think the walking is him remembering what is important - getting back to basics. He sees his family and realizes that he does it for their sake, so they don't have to suffer the way he has. In the end, he lost a bunch of money and there's possibly some kind of Ponzi scheme involved (criminal?). He's saying he didn't intend to hurt anyone, he was just too proud to ask for help when he started to drown, and it just spiraled out of control.