The book of Jonah is full of the supernatural. For example, only God could spare a life from a whale. As a reader, I think this stands out a lot. I believe Jonah and I learned the same thing and that is the simple rule not to run from God. If you run from God like Jonah did, you end up worse off than if you would have just followed Gods instructions. This was my favorite bible story when I was young because I could not believe someone would go through all that trouble in stead of doing what God said in the first place. But now that I am older I see how God will ask us to do hard things.