Jonah has survived a terrible threat of death twice: once in the sea, and once in Assyria.
I know better than God
Taming a beast
Jonah was swallowed by a great fish, and survived by God’s kindness. Now he’s swallowed by a greater monster
Near death experience
Jonah is drowning. He cries to the Lord. The Lord saves him miraculously.
Not quite Jesus
Jonah is a rebel against God’s call. But God uses the horror of what happens to the prophet to testify to Himself
He can run, but he can’t hide
God sends Jonah east to Nineveh, but the prophets runs off in the other direction, to the sea.
Human empires
Jonah was a prophet whose life was his message