The rising action is when Lennie kills his little pup. The climax is when Lennie kills Curley's wife. The falling action is when all the ranchhands search for Lennie. The Resolution is when George shoots Lennie.
The inciting incident in "Of Mice and Men" is when George and Lennie arrive at the ranch to start their new job. This event sets the stage for the development of the story and introduces the characters and conflicts that drive the plot forward.
In Steinbeck's "Of Mice And Men," upon returning to the ranch, Lennie is seen running from the barn. The men find Curley's wife dead and set off to find and kill Lennie. George comes upon Lennie and while telling him a story about their life on the farm, shoots and kills him.
The inciting incident in Of Mice and Men is when George and Lennie are kicked out of Weed because Lennie is accused of rape. (He inappropriately strokes a girl's dress.) Because of this, they are forced to find a new ranch to work at.
George ends up killing Lennie in the end.
Once the Exposition has come to an end, the Inciting Incident begins the forward movement of the plot.
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I think the inciting incident would be when Jonas becomes the Reciever because that is where the story leads up to when he find out about "release" and runs away. -RS
You need the inciting incident early in the story, so usually in the exposition or rising action.
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To build tension
it is when squeaky went to race
The pestilence is the inciting incident in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the inciting incident describes the event that triggers all subsequent happenings in the play. It therefore is the pestilence with which Oedipus, the priest of Zeus and the suppliants are concerned when the play opens. The characters spend the rest of the play finding the cause and carrying out the solution to bad harvests, declining populations and dying livestock. Without the inciting incident of the pestilence, there in fact will be no story.
It is the event that sets in motion the central conflict of the story.
in the end when Lennie has his mental breakdown she appears before him. in this incident she represents his conscience.
Inciting incident