In plot, the falling action is the series of events that
happen after the climax, or turning point. This action precedes the
denouement, or resolution in the plot in which the conflict ends.
So, with the climax of "Good Country People" being the point at which the itinerant
bible salesman Manley Pointer steals the artificial leg of Hulga, trapping her in the
loft by her physical handicap along with her spiritual incapacity, the falling
action begins as Hulga, bereft of what has made her an individual, is left with nothing
in which to believe.
Turning to Hulga, the salesman tells
her,
"You aint
so smart. I been believing in nothing ever since I was
born!"
He descends the loft
and Hulga sees his "blue figure struggling successfully over the green speckled lake.
Later Mrs. Hopewell and Mrs. Freeman see him come from the woods and head to the
freeway.
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