From the moment of his birth, something in the stars said that Napoleon Bonaparte would one day emerge as the leading power of the French. He was a man of many talents. Hisdistinctive personality was a clear indicator of his glory and fame to come. He tended toappeal to other's senses in order to gain for himself. " His rule was to mark the close ofthe revolution, a return to order and stability, a rejoining of the history of France with thefirst stage of the Revolution, but only the first stage " 1. As a strong willed man,Napoleon quickly rose to power in France and was able to subdue most of Europe forroughly twenty years by strategically mending the turmoil caused by the French revolutionsimply by preserving some its reforms, such as religious tolerance, while also destroyingsome of its aspects, for example, abolishing political freedom. An individual's personality and upbringing are two major contributors to their actions. Why was Napoleon able to rule with the rigidness and authority that he did? NapoleonBonaparte was born in 1769 just before the wake of the French Revolution in 1789 intothe nobility of Corsican society, one that was very simple 2. Corsicans were strongbelievers in defense and respect of the family, and a violation of this would mean death 3. Napoleon as well as his brothers and sisters were often spanked by their mother, but " . . .they knew punishment was given in love, and they took it in that spirit " 4. This suggestswhy Napoleon ruled with such a strong fist when he had an unconditional love for hiscountry. Those who speak of him as a young child remember him very distinctly: " . . . hehad a quick temper and a mind of his own. His needs always came first. His wishesalways had to be satisfied---now. If not, he'd throw a tantrum that neighbors compared to Ashcraft 2that of a snarling little beast " 5. Could it be justified that Napoleon was a " beast " livingin a human's body? As a boy, he de...
