The turning point:
Conflict:In the beginning the narrator wants to act as his community lead him to act , but he finds himself continuously unable to reconcile his socially imposed role as a black man with his inner concept of identity, or even to understand his inner identity.
Climax: The narrator witnesses Clifton’s racially motivated murder at the hands of white police officers; unable to get in touch with the Brotherhood, he organizes Clifton’s funeral on his own and gathers the black community’s anger against the state of race relations; the Brotherhood shuns him for his act of independence
Falling Action: Riots break out in Harlem, making everyone's anger come out that was built up from Clifton’s funeral; the narrator encounters Ras, who calls for him to be lynched; running from Ras and the police, the narrator falls into a manhole and remains underground in “hibernation.”
Resolution: The narrator says that he has stayed underground ever since; the end of his story is also the beginning. He states that he finally has realized he must honor his individuality and remain true to himself without sacrificing his responsibility to the community. He says that he finally feels ready to rise from underground.
Climax: The narrator witnesses Clifton’s racially motivated murder at the hands of white police officers; unable to get in touch with the Brotherhood, he organizes Clifton’s funeral on his own and gathers the black community’s anger against the state of race relations; the Brotherhood shuns him for his act of independence
Falling Action: Riots break out in Harlem, making everyone's anger come out that was built up from Clifton’s funeral; the narrator encounters Ras, who calls for him to be lynched; running from Ras and the police, the narrator falls into a manhole and remains underground in “hibernation.”
Resolution: The narrator says that he has stayed underground ever since; the end of his story is also the beginning. He states that he finally has realized he must honor his individuality and remain true to himself without sacrificing his responsibility to the community. He says that he finally feels ready to rise from underground.