The Golden Goblet Test Notes

1. The Golden Goblet Test Notes

2. Various Points • The past tense of learn is learned. • Theme vs. Theme Subject • Hooks beginning with a word = Nope. • Decisions. • Choices. • Be VERY careful with hooks beginning with a question. . Avoid in most all cases. • Hook + transition + background + thesis

3. When making decisions, you often have to decide between what is right and what is comfortable. Ranofer, a young boy from The Golden Goblet, had to make the same decision. Ranofer lives in Egypt with his half-brother Gebu. The hardest decision Ranofer has to make is whether to stop Gebu from robbing a tomb or to enjoy the High Nile Festival because of the fun on one side and justice on the other.

4. Ranofer’s daydreams were interrupted as Wenamon and Setma barged in. He could no longer dream about escaping Gebu and his hopes of success slowly started to disintegrate. In the novel, The Golden Goblet, written by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Ranofer, a young Egyptian boy tries to prove his evil, scheming half-brother, Gebu, a thief. Through his struggle, Ranofer learns about the ability to hope even when all seems lost. This novel teaches readers that just planning and acting isn’t enough-- that in order to reach a goal you must also believe that you can succeed.

5. Thesis: In this novel, greed propels Gebu’s need to steal and Ranofer’s will to expose Gebu to the public in a true light.

6. In the novel The Golden Goblet, the main character, Ranofer, plays a significant role. Gebu, the antagonist and Ranofer’s half brother, has stolen a great, shining goblet that once belonged to Thutmose and without it, his Ba will be destroyed. If Ranofer is to recover the goblet and perhaps end his tortuous life with Gebu, he must follow Gebu to a tomb possessed by the Bas of the dead. In the novel, Ranofer is the most pivotal character becaue the novel revolves around the idea that through the problems he faces, Ranofer matures and frees himself from Gebu’s clutches.