Freytag's Pyramid Analysis

External Conflict: Society’s pressure, american dream vs. reality, people portraying something they are not.

Internal Conflict: each character in the story faces a clash between who they are and who they want to be. 

Exposition: Lester’s initial speech. In this speech he describes how he lived in total misery, how pathetic his life was. He anticipates his death. 

Inciting Incident: Lester meets Angela. He realizes he needs to change his life around. 

Rising Action: Lester becomes infatuated with Angela, Carolyn has an affair with the real state manager, and Lester gets to know about it. Jane and Rick start dating, Rick has a lot of drug related issues with his dad.

Suspense builds up all through the story, we observe all the complications increasing, we get to know all the characters, their life story, their background, their conflicts. 

Climax: All the conflicts come to its greatest pick when Frank kisses Lester. Rick and Jane are planning to run away. Carolyn's mind begins breaking down.  

Falling Action: Angela offers herself to Lester. Carolyn is planning to kill her husband. Lester is thirsty for the moment he has prepared himself all during the movie. 

Turning Point: Lester and Angela are about to have sex, when Angela confesses Lester she is a virgin. Lester now gets to see her as the kid she really is. 

Last moment of suspense: Lester is about to get killed, but you do not yet know by whom. 

Resolution: Lester is dead. He gets to understand what life is actually about, he sees his childhood, his family, and for that one moment he is truly happy and satisfied. Everything falls down into place. The characters receive a wake up call, their life is not as miserable as they thought it was. 

How the conflicts are solved? 

All the characters stop trying to look and be something they are not. By  accepting who they are, the american dream becomes what it really is, a scam.