Hitchhikers Freytag Triangle

Freytags triangle is something that most stories follow. You have the introduction of the characters and so forth, then the rising action, the climax, the falling action and the resolution.
In hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy the introduction reveals most of the characters at Arthur's house. The rising action of the book is at the point when Ford Prefect tells Arthur that the world is going to be destroyed in a matter of minutes. The rising action continues when the Vogons arrive and tell all the humans that they will be destroying the Earth, which they do. Completing the rising action is when Ford and Arthur and thrown into space and they only have 30 seconds of life left, but in the nick of time, President Zaphod Beeblebrox's spaceship zooms by and picks are two main characters up. Now the climax Trillian or (Trisha) gets held as a hostage. Arthur, Ford and Beeblebrox are there to rescue our damsel in distress and that is our falling action. The resolution of this story is like that of most great books, a happy ending, Courtney will like that, Earth is replaced and put back together just as it was before it was destroyed and Arthur Dent gets his house back and. The bad guys are punished by getting shot by Marvin's point of view gun which made Vogons sad and depressed little people that lost the battle.