"The Kingdom of Matthias"

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This paper discusses "The Kingdom of Matthias", focusing on the main themes and ideas and whether it achieved its purpose of identifying what factors made the characters change their views about life itself and the world around them. The author illustrates how the book paints a realistic picture of the environment and ambiance of that period of history and of the mood and tone of perfectionism that people embodied.

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"There are several significant ideas brought up by the author's which come together to form the main theme of the story: why did the character's involved fall dupe to an insane and unconventional "storyteller" and even more so why did Robert Matthews either portray or believe that he was the Prophet Matthias, the "Spirit of Truth" (94). First of all we will look at the true main argument of the book, which is how and why Robert Matthews became the self-proclaimed prophet Matthias. He seemed to fail at everything that he did whether it was with his trade as a carpenter, being shunned by his friends and co-workers on account of relaying his religious beliefs to them, or "his home life [being] degenerated into a nightmare of wife-beating and child abuse." (49)."

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