Al-jabarti’s chronicle of the French occupation,1798.

The French portray themselves to the Egyptians by establishing that they don’t want to mess with their religion, they just want to tell them that they need to praise God, that they need a God in their lives to set order .They think their lives are corrupt and they need help. They Egyptians on the other hand, see the French as invaders they could defeat. Also as uncivilized because they are not afraid to go against their religion. They see them as people they could overcame because they didn’t realize the importance of their past experiences. They believe they could defeat the French easily. As they begin fighting, the Egyptians realized that the French were stronger than they though. Some got scared causing the place to go into a complete disaster.