The transcendentalists believed that you should be confident in yourself and not let others' opinions of you affect your level of self -worth.Confidence comes from within and is something that everybody has. Some levels of confidence may be higher than others, but confidence is a big part of Transcendentalism. The character named "Hopper" from the movie BattleShip symbolizes confidence through pop culture. A player from Japan's team tried to distract Hopper by asking him "what kind of idiot are you?". Hopper decided to not let that affect his level of confidence in scoring a goal.
" We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot." - Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt is saying that every time we have the opportunity to face our fear, we should take it as that results in gaining confidence. This quote ties confidence into this movie scene because it talks about how we will gain strength, courage and confidence if we decide to do something that we think is not possible for us, just like Hopper faces his fear of not being able to make the goal and decides to take a shot regardless of what the other team thinks of him.
" We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot." - Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt is saying that every time we have the opportunity to face our fear, we should take it as that results in gaining confidence. This quote ties confidence into this movie scene because it talks about how we will gain strength, courage and confidence if we decide to do something that we think is not possible for us, just like Hopper faces his fear of not being able to make the goal and decides to take a shot regardless of what the other team thinks of him.