Most of the time, we only get one shot at something. In The Dark Knight Rises, Bruce Wayne is in a prison, and he feels defeated because he can’t make the climb out of the pit. Every day people trying to make the climb up the cobblestone walls of the pit. They wrap a rope around their waist because if they fall, they will die.
After many failed climbs, Bruce begins to feel defeated, worried that he will die there while his city burns to the ground. One night, a fellow inmate tells Bruce to make the climb. Bruce asks how. And he tells him to make the climb without the rope.
Bruce literally had one shot. Without the rope, he was taking a huge risk – death. But by not taking that risk, he was also facing death in prison.
