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Question: Is Napoleon Bonaparte a good idol to have!?
I'm 15 and I find Napoleon's conquests captiviting and almost unreal!. My social Studies teacher tries to make him out to be the devil!. I would also like a future in politics so would Napoleon be a good person to try and shape my life after!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Depends!. Is there any chance you could become Emperor of France!?
Seriously, you have to admire the man's drive, and the monstrous ego and energy it took him to achieve what he did!.

Unfortunately for him and most of Europe he was also friggin' nuts!

So, you make the call!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's your choice who your idol is!.
Personall, I admire some aspects of Napoleon while shying away from others!. Napoleon had persistence!. When he was exiled from France, he came back to France!. Napoleon was smart!. He conquered nation after nation!. I find this also almost unreal, because Europe back then was full of the best and most experienced armies!.
Napoleon is personally, not the best role model, if you llok at him from all around, but modelling yourself on his good aspects rather than his bad and good aspects in YOUR view, would be better for you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Napoleon was a great military mind!. If you're interested in a career in the military, go for it!!.!.!. But there's a difference between the military and politics!. Be wise in how you pattern your life after others!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Napoleon was a dictator who crushed democracy, tried to conquer Europe through military aggression, and kicked off one of the bloodiest wars in history!.

About as good an idol as Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Napoleon while having some very noble ideas was a dictator!.He devised some great things like the Napoleonic Code of Law and used some enlightened thinking, but unfortunatley his weakness's led to his downfall!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well he's probably better than Hitler and Stalin, but not by much!. His achievements, from a very early age, were truly astonishing though!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

God help us if you do!.Www@QuestionHome@Com