Chapter 9 &10 The Cause of the Storm, and Who We Are

As I read further into the book I didn't underline or mark as much as I did at the front. It seemed to be a bit harder to connect with, but still has such an interesting message.
At the beginning of this chapter Rick is on a boat. He learns he is on a boat to Tarshish, in what we now know as Spain but the westernmost point of the old world. When he asks his grandfather why he is there Grandfather tells him that he is getting what he deserves, just like he asked for.
The boat is in a big storm, so wild that the men begin to throw cargo overboard to keep it upright. The men finally call to the gods to deliver them from the storm. As the storm progresses they determine that some of the men have caused the storm because of their wickedness and that they need to be thrown overboard in order to save the rest of the ship. The man who they choose to pay the price says, "My name is Jonah, son of Amittai. The lot has been well cast. I have offended the God of heaven and earth." He explains that he was told by the Lord to go to the Assyrians in Nineveh, to give them a warning, but he would not go because they were so wicked. So he ran away from the Lord and didn't do as commanded. This was the cause of the "calamity." "The God of heaven and earth is wroth."
The men ask him where he is from and who is the God he worships. He replies that he is a Hebrew and worships Jehovah, the God of heaven. He says he is commended to die because he has offended the Lord. He tells the men to cast him into the sae and then the sea will be calmed. But the captain says "We will not add to our troubles with your blood." They try to get out of the storm but finally decide they have no choice but to save themselves by casting Jonah into the sea.
Chapter 10:
Grandfather helps Rick see what it means to flee to Tarshish. Rick thinks it means to run from the Lord, but Grandfather wants to know WHY he was fleeing from the Lord. Jonah didn't want to go, and he didn't like the Ninevites because of what they had done to his people and what they were going to do.
Nineveh didn't deserve to be saved. And Jonah, one of those who had been mistreated by them, didn't deserve to be required to go help them.
Ricky asks Grandfather, "So you are saying I am upset because I think I deserve better than I'm getting, and in that respect I'm like Jonah." As he thinks about it, he agrees that perhaps he is like Jonah. It beats being Nineveh. In response, Grandfather says, "Actually, Ricky, that's who you are."
"Who?"
"Nineveh."
"I'm Nineveh?"
"Yes."