Napoleon Bridger As A Realistic Fiction

During the Napoleonic Era, from 1799 to 1815, France became a military power gaining and controlling land throughout Europe. While some historians believe Napoleon Bonaparte was a ruthless dictator, his military accomplishments far outweigh any atrocities he committed. He helped France gain stability after the French Revolution and he also abolished the Feudal contract. Napoleon was a brilliant strategist using military tactics to cause fear and to defeat whatever enemies stood in his way. Throughout his rule, Napoleon continually gained ground, and by the end of his reign, his empire encompassed all of Spain, Italy, and a small portion of land by Russia and Austria. (see map) He is one of

Napoleon had great military ability and leadership skills, these abilities led him to become Emperor of France in 1804 and modernize the nation after the revolution1. There are many positive points that can lead people to believe he was a hero of France, but for every one of those points there are negatives that lead us to believe he was a villain of Europe. Napoleon was not absolutely good or absolutely bad which makes it difficult to argue either side, but I believe in the case of Napoleon the bad outweighs the good, which is why I would put him as a 3 on a hero villain continuum. His villainous side appears if we look at the Napoleonic code, the continental system, dropping revolutionary ideas, and over estimating his military ability.

What would you do if you found out that your friends had committed a crime that caused a boy’s death? Would you turn them in even if you were slightly involved in the crime? Well that is the predicament that the main character in Red Kayak faces. The major plot events in Red Kayak go like this: Mrs. DiAngelo and her son Ben were in a kayaking accident, and Ben dies as a result, leaving Brady, the main character, traumatized. Later, Brady finds out that his two friends, J.T. and Digger caused the kayak to sink. Brady also remembers a day when the three of them were swimming and Digger was acting angry at the DiAngelos for buying his grandfather’s farm. Brady had suggested to put holes in the kayak, so now Brady has to decide what to do because the plan to sink the kayak was his idea. Things like this make Red Kayak a good example of realistic fiction. Realistic fiction is a type of story that might really happen. The five elements of realistic fiction are: credible events, authentic characters, real setting, true-to-life themes, and believable dialogue. Credible events are events that could really happen. Authentic characters are characters that develop over time. Real setting shows a setting that could really exist. True-to-life themes are themes that could be applied to one’s own life. And finally, believable dialogue contains realistic conversations. Red Kayak is realistic fiction because of its credible events, authentic characters, and true-to-life themes.

All books are classified by genre. Red Kayak is considered as realistic fiction because it has things like real settings in the story. Considering plot events in Red Kayak there is death, hiding from consequences, and the main character’s friends going to a camp where they just work for nine months. This could happen in real life making it realistic fiction. Other than that there is believable dialogue, true-to-life themes, and again real settings.

The author, James Fennimore Cooper, has given multiple names to the same characters. Hawkeye is known as Natty Bumbo or as La Longuie Carabie. Magua calls himself “the sly fox” or Le Renard Subtil. The novel starts with a journey of General Munro’s daughter and their companion Duncan Heyward through a wild and dangerous forest followed by their capture by Magua and the Iroquois tribe, and then their escape with the help of Hawkeye

fictionalized, but when you look further into the story you will find that it has a much deeper and

Genre: The book “Milkweed” by Jerry Spinelli is a realistic fiction story. I know the book is realistic fiction because it tells the story of a boy that lived in a time when the Jews were mistreated by the German Nazis in the 1940s during World World II. The story takes place in Warsaw (the Ghetto), Poland, and is about real life tragedies that happened during World War II.

3. The main character in the novel is Randy Bragg. The main character in each subplot is the Bragg family and the American pilot.

The author introduces a memorable cast of characters with Doctor Manette, his daughter Lucy Manette, Sydney Carter, Ernest Defarge, Madame Defarge, Charles Darnay, motley Jerry Cruncher, Stryver the lawyer, and Miss Pross.

Napoleon Bonaparte is seen by historians in a variety of lights. Some judge him for his lack of mercy for those in his warpath along with his unmatched air of confidence. Others choose to see him for the leadership abilities and keen mind that fueled his remarkable triumphs as a general, commander, First Consul of France, and even emperor. Owen Connelly uses his work, The Epoch of Napoleon, to bridge the gap that other historians and authors have skimmed over, giving the reader an inside look at not only Napoleon’s military life, but also his political and personal life. Furthermore, Connelly achieves this by showing both the ruthless and heroic sides of Napoleon, including non-military details from the life of Napoleon, and lastly, including quotes from Napoleon and those that interacted with him.

After the debacle of the election of —— where Jefferson was finally voted President after the 32nd vote by the House of Representatives. Though the United States was a fairly new country, Jefferson was looking to expand the country, and therefore, hopefully, Republicanism. Unbeknownst to Jefferson at that juncture another man was looking to do the same for his country, France. Bonaparte had become the new leader in France, and was trying to find how to make the most money the fastest. He looked to Haiti, where France had grown their sugar empire and Bonaparte was looking to get the most out of their export by increasing the amount of sugar grown and exported. The solution was to find land that would allow France to grow food to provide to Haiti, while all of Haiti was used to grow sugar. They look to Spain, who had most of the land in the “New World”/North America and asked to purchase Louisiana from them. The King of Spain at the time beleived this to be a good deal, considering Spain did not have many people living in the area and thinking it would provide a buffer of sorts to protect the lands where they do have more people and resources (Texas westward and down into what would become Mexico). So he made the deal with Bonaparte and France acquired Louisiana. However, while that deal was being struck, Haiti was going through a Revolution, where educated free blacks who only make up 7 percent of the population worked with the slave population (making up 90 percent) to come together and oust Europeans. Despite great success in Europe, the French Army was no match to the Haitian rebels, and Bonaparte was losing control. At this time Jefferson had got news about what was happening and had sent two men to ask Bonaparte to sell them just one small area of Louisiana, New Orleans, for 10 million dollars. This came as a surprise to Bonaparte, who thought he had just lost it all with the purchase of this land. So he countered with a proposal of selling all of Louisiana for 15 million, and it was agreed upon.. Not everyone was so keen as to give Jefferson, or anyone from his Administartion any credit for gaining this massive amount of land in the Louisiana Purchase. Instead many criticized how the deal was struck,

With all the glory and the splendour that some countries may have experienced, never has history seen how only only one man, Napoleon, brought up his country France from its most tormented status, to the very pinnacle of its height in just a few years time. He was a military hero who won splendid land-based battles, which allowed him to dominate most of the European continent. He was a man with ambition, great self-control and calculation, a great strategist, a genius; whatever it was, he was simply the best. But, even though how great this person was, something about how he governed France still floats among people 's minds. Did he abuse his power? Did Napoleon defeat the purpose of the ideals of the French Revolution? After all of his success in his military campaigns, did he gratify the people 's needs regarding their ideals on the French Revolution? This is one of the many controversies that we have to deal with when studying Napoleon and the French Revolution. In this essay, I will discuss my opinion on whether or not was he a destroyer of the ideals of the French Revolution.

1. The genre of "How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune" can be classified as a fairytale. This is because of the author's usage of the words "Once upon a time.." and the way the characters are incorporated into the story as Jack seeks his fortune. This story could also qualify as fiction because this excerpt from "How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune" is non-realistic due to its fairytale qualities.

Napoleon was an opportunistic leader who’s military genius was unmatched and his political prowess very solid, but his goal of overtaking Europe ended his power. Napoleon was a powerful military leader who was able to gain the respect and admiration of France through his military victories. He saw the opportunity to be the French leader and jumped at it, but his goal of a unified Europe hurt him. His ego also played a part in his fall from power in his ill-advised decision to have his brother rule Spain. Napoleon’s military power was so great that he came close to ruling Europe in its entirety before meeting the end. His rule over France was very successful and he was able to run a country very effectively. He was even able to rule over

Realism came about in literary works in the 19th century, and portrayed real life unlike the previous Enlightenment and Romanticism movements prior. Writers and people were sick of the neat, happy stories and endings that were written by the two previous movements, and those people wanted something they could relate to. Because of this, Realistic writers wrote about the boring, ordinary lives that regular folks led and did not sugar-coat anything that occurred but was brutally honest. In the words of Randall Craig, “Realistic writers educate readers, not through humiliation, but by familiarizing them with a re-presented world and enabling them to discover the rules by which it works and to apply them both to the fictional and extra-fictional