Imagery

"Then, from the short hallway at his back, he heard the muffled clang of wire coat hangers in the bedroom closet."

"But as usual the window didnt budge, and he had to lower his hands and then shoot them hard upward to jolt the window open a few inches"

exposition:
it took place in the 1970's in New York.
Tom's wife leaves the house to to go to a movie and he stays home to work on a paper.

rising action:
an important paper on his desk flew out the window
he goes onto the ledge to retrieve his paper.

climax:
the window shuts on him
he's stuck outside

falling action:
He punches the window and it falls out again

resolution:
he leaves his works behind to go out with his wife.