The main character of this short story is Makato.

The full list of characters is:

Makato
Makato's employer
Old woman in Sukhothai
Pra Ruang, the king
Woman at the market
Daughter of the king

Where can the rising action be found in Makato and

the Cowrie Shell
He left his village and set out into the wide world.He walked along
cheerfully,enjoying new insights and talking to the people he met
on the way.After a month's journey,he reached a village on the
boundary of the Kingdom of Sukhotai.

What is the falling action of makato and cowrie shell

Makato is a simple young worker in the story who wants to have a
journey in the northeast. His ambition is to see a kingdom of
Sukhotai where the people are kind and the king was kindhearted