Kingdom Of Matthias Analysis

The Kingdom of Matthias unfolds the story of how two individuals in New York are transformed by the Market Revolution and the Second Great Awakening. The novel demonstrates how Robert Matthews and Elijah Pierson experience these two important social and economic movements. In the early 19th century the Market revolution marked as a huge movement of expansion in New York. Abandoning his traditions and hometown, Elijah Pierson travels to New York as young boy seeking for a new personal wealth. With the companion of his fellow Pearl Street merchant, Pierson success in the market revolution was due to imports and exports as a wholesaler. The market revolution is what transformed Elijah Pierson into a young successful businessman. Religion in this time period also impacted …show more content…
Through this journey Matthews household was a nightmare where he would abuse his wife and children. Loosing everything and the lack of success in the market revolution, Robert Matthews starts a search in creating his own faith and beliefs. Denying the Second Awakening and many of its religions, Robert Matthews began to persuade people with his theory. This is what led to Robert Matthews and Elijah Pierson’s encounter. With his unordinary prophetic teachings and beliefs, Robert Matthews was determined to convince and gain believers with the help of his follower Elijah Pierson. This journey of Robert Matthews and the spread of his prophetic teachings occurred during the Second Awakening. The Second Great Awakening is what pushed Matthews to seek followers into believing his views and ideas. Marked as the revival of religions, the Second Great Awakening impacted many individuals as they begin to face a variety of religions. Robert Matthews took advantage of this movement to fool people into believing in his faith and prophetic teachings. Matthews also took advantage by demonstrating his false appearance to obtained money. And due to the outcomes of all his