The Golden Goblet

The novel, The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis presents a story about an Egyptian boy named Ranofer. He lives with his evil step-brother, Gebu, who Ranofer believes is a tomb robber because of a goblet he found in his room. So, he decides to spy on him and finds out that he is, indeed, a tomb robber. The most important part of The Golden Goblet is when Ranofer finds the goblet in Gebu’s room because that led him to the conclusion that he is a tomb robber, which leads him to tell the queen, which leads him to being able to reshape his life so he can live happily without Gebu.

One of the reasons that finding the goblet was the most important event was because that’s why he was able to find out Gebu was a tomb robber. There was no other explanation for finding such a beautiful item in his room. In the book, it states, “This treasure bore the name of Thutmose the Conqueror, Pharaoh of Egypt over a hundred years ago. Gebu had robbed a tomb. There was no other explanation.” This quote supports the idea that Gebu was indeed a tomb robber and that Ranofer should
Ranofer was able to reshape his life into a different form, which is what Zau told him he needed to do before he could be apprenticed by him. Ranofer was able to be freed from Gebu and just live happily. The book states, “Aye, Majesty. If I had a donkey, I could cut papyrus stalks in the marshes and the donkey will carry them to the sailmaker’s for me, and the sailmaker would give me coppers to buy bread, and I could be a pupil of Zay the goldsmith.” Then the queen responded with, “‘Lord Merya,’” She said softly. ‘Give this boy the finest donkey in all Egypt. And tell Zau the goldsmith that the first necklace made by the hands of his new pupil will belong to no one but Queen Tiy.’” This shows that Ranofer got everything he wanted and supports the idea that he could now live happily and