The Golden Goblet By Eloise Jarvis Mcgraw

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Golden Goblet Argumentative Essay The Golden Goblet is written by Eloise Jarvis Mcgraw which illustrates a story of a little boy who lived in Egypt in ancient times, named Ranofer, who lives with his evil half brother, Gebu, who had initially been stealing from a goldsmith shop, where Ranofer had worked. Later, Ranofer had confronted Gebu about this stealing, he had gotten beat for it, but at least Gebu had stopped stealing, at least that’s what Ranofer believes. The most important event in the golden goblet occurred when Ranofer is in the stone cutting shop and was thinking about how Gebu suddenly had grown richer, he then noticed how little his coppers would’ve affected this sudden growth of wealth, and soon he has a turning point, Gebu was stealing again, this is the most important event because it creates a domino effect, which sends off Ranofer to search Gebu’s room, while looking he finds the golden goblet, that then leads to Ranofer noticing this had to have come from a tomb so he then follows Gebu on the night of the Festival, when the Nile floods and when Gebu …show more content…

Heqet knew something was odd so he proposed some good spying to cheer him up, Ranofer had disagreed and told him it was going to be the night of the festival, which is basically the best night ever for them. Ranofer may have declined Heqet’s offer, but he had already had plans of his own to spy on Gebu and Wenamon, Gebu's friend who had been stealing with him. At night Ranofer would follow Gebu, from far behind, into a tomb which would soon belong to the pharaoh and his wife. Ranofer followed them and then traps them, blocking their exit with a boulder. Heqet and the ancient find Ranofer, promise to keep guard of the tomb and tell Ranofer to get help. This leads to the happy ending poor Ranofer deserves for going through all of his