The Golden Goblet Analysis

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In the book The Golden Goblet, Eloise Jarvis McGraw explains the story of Ranofer. He meets a boy named Hequet and together they do great things, they spy on Ranofer’s half brother Gebu. In Gebu’s room Ranofer finds a golden goblet with the name Thutmose II engraved on it, but he doesn’t tell Hequet about it.

Nevertheless the most important event is when Ranofer meets Hequet. In the early chapters Ranofer is a porter at a goldsmith when Hequet becomes apprenticed there. Hequet asks Ranofer to help him and they become friends. In the text it says, “The two exchanged tentative glances.” That takes place when Ranofer is first warming up to Hequet. In the beginning of the book Ranofer just helps Hequet and goes home after the day is over.

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