Napoleon Bonaparte was a small and ridiculed boy from the island of Corsica. the fact that he is from Corsica and he was grown up to hate the French because of the way they took over the Corsican government is maybe how he got is rage, and will to take over most of Europe. Napoleon’s greatest influence in his childhood was his mother. His father was appointed Corsicans representative to the court of King Louis XVI of France in 1788. His mother taught him firm discipline and high expectations. By nine years of age, Napoleon was entered into the French Military School. Napoleon graduated Military school as a Second Lieutenant of the artillery division. This division he was put into affected how he fought his battles in the wars to come.