The evidence to support falling action events relating to the climax in the novel The outsiders by S.E. Hinton culminated naturally after the climax, which was the death of Johnny in the hospital. Similarly, this event caused the chain reaction death of Dallas who felt Johnny was his reason for living. Furthermore, this event linked the two in death as in their life. To say nothing of the bond that Dally and Johnny shared prior to their deaths the reader could envision the same bleak possibility of a brighter future for either of them. Of course, another major event in the falling action category was the gang rumble to exact retribution again for the deaths on either side, sustaining the cycle of never ending violence. Because of this, for
