PHYS 123 Paper Outline

Introduction
1: Feature Film: The Matrix (1999)
2: Thesis: The film The Matrix exaggerates the boundaries of physics in order to give the movie a surreal effect, strengthening the plotline of the movie.

Body Paragraphs
1: Exhaggerated shifts of energy and breaking newtons third law
     a: Trinity jump kicks a policeman mid air. The police man flys backwards hitting another policeman only to be stopped by crashing through a wall. Trinity, having done the mid air kick, lands back down in the spot she had originally jumped.
     b: During a battle in a hotel lobby, Trinity blasts an enemy with a shotgun. The enemy end up flying backwards at an accelerated rate, while Trinity is unaffected by the force of the shotgun blast.
     c: Agent Smith attacks Neo with a gut punch which not only sends Neo flying to the wall and creating a dent, but Neo ends up twirling in the air from the hit.

2: Breaking of Newtons First Law
a: Neo is holding a spoon, in which he begins to focus on the spoon. The spoon then bends and bows with no force acting on it.
b: Agent smith begins shooting bullets at Neo, who ends up stopping the bullets mid air. The is no force acting on the bullets, but they stop.

3: Exaggerated arch
a: during a scene in which Neo trys jumping from on building to another, he falls off a building and slams into the pavement. The force of the impact is so strong, that the pavement sends Neo bouncing upwards, as if Neo were a ball bounce
a: When neo is knocked to the ground, he slams his fist against the ground, which ends up propelling his entire body into the air and he ends up landing on his feet.

Conclusion:
a: Physics are intentionally broken in this film
b: In the film The Matrix, physics are intentionally broken in order to aid the story line and the manipulation of the "matrix" in which rules and boundaries can be broken.