and the effects it eventaully has upon it.
Peck writes that maps are "our views of reality" that are formed mostly in our childhood and
teenage years. We are not born with maps but instead use our examples in life to try and make maps that will give us a clear and accurate description on what we can expect in life. Many people in thier lives cling to maps that are old and outdated, a process called transference. Transference is "That set of ways of perceiving and responding to the world which is developed in childhood and which is usually enitrely appropriate to the childhood enviroment but which is inappropiately transferrred into the adult enviroment." The first major step in establishing good maps is constant self examination. And also the fervor to accomplish and face the constant changing of eachs own maps. We must be willing, Peck says, to aviod the human tendency of avoiding challenges and thus strive forward.
Amanda's story though in the movie, What the Bleep Do We Know, becomes a clear cut example of a person with outdated maps that does not want to adjust thier old ways. She sees life, and more in particular men, as hearltess pigs who are only interested in having sex. Marriage she belives can never last for long because all guys want is to cheat. Her map formed by her former husband is of lies and deseption. When she is forced by her boss to go to the place of her wedding and take pictures of another wedding, she images the groom supposedly engaging with the bridesmaid. Her map in her mind tells her immediatly thats what it must be. Turns out she is wrong and as the night continues a new map of herself with men is drawn out and she has a great time with a man she meets at the wedding. Amanda's life is full of maps ranging from her abilites in basketball, to her own perception of her body. Throughout this movie, she actively breaks these old maps and forms new ones, whether through her own desire or from the push of others.
Overall, Amanda's life and her bias lifestyle is based on maps, and only through differnt encounters can she form new maps which in the end is the only way she finally finds happiness.
