Outline for the Second Term Paper

The Sword in the Stone
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8fLvs8rNu8)

I. Introduction

• a. Introduce squirrel scene
• b. Physics principles broken in the scene
• c. Thesis - The physics are mostly based on the real world but as a cartoon it takes certain liberties to increase the entertainment factor of a scene.
  

II. Law of Inertia

• a. Merlin jumps off a branch and falls straight down rather than in an arc
• b. Arthur also leaps from a branch in an arc but later falls straight down
• c. Wolf flies off a cliff horizontally while chasing girl squirrel

III. Action and Reaction

• a. Fat squirrel shoves Merlin into a tree with a big reaction
• 1. Compare it to earlier scene when girl squirrel shoves Arthur

IV. Gravity

• a. Falling tree branch vs. falling log from cliff vs. falling squirrels
• 1. They all fall at different rates
• 2. Compare to scene of falling leaves (based on real world)
• b. Girl squirrel hangs in mid-air when grabbing onto Arthur
  

V. Conclusion

• a. Restate points
• b. Thesis