Taking place within the first third of a story, novel or script, the rising action is also the part of the work where the problem or conflict central to the plot is truly introduced. The main characters have been established and events begin to get complicated for them.
holden doesn't kill himself because he doesn't want passerby to see the gore of his dead body. pheobe's upset with this answer because, obviously, allie's dead. holdens answer shows the depth of his depression.
