How Does Jonah Build Tension In Chapter 1 Of Jonah

The author begins to raise my level of tension in verse four of Chapter one by stating the Lord hurled a great sea storm. This rises the level of tension because you believe an even more tragic event is bound to happen. During the entire first chapter of Jonah the author is always raising the tension because every terrible event seems to arise by the minute. While it did begin with the Lord hurling a great wind to sea then downgraded to the mariners and sailors tragic events despite the characters in the story. The men ended up fearing Jonah because Jonah was fleeing from God. We have moved from a significant amount of tension to tension. The tension especially when Jonah got overthrown overboard and swallowed by the whale. Generally speaking, the Lord rises the tension in myself by changing the scenes and characteristics. First beginning with fleeing on a boat, to the dark and stormy clouds, wind, fear, into the sea and finally in the belly of the whale.
However, tension is built up as Jonah states in verse 3, “You cast me to the depth and heart of the sea.” It keeps building in verse 4 when Jonah asks to see his sanctuary again in verse 5 when Jonah gets dramatic and states that seaweed bound around his head. Verse 6 relieves the tension once more when he claims that the Lord has brought him out of the pit. Verse 9 is a relief of tension when Jonah says he’ll make a living sacrifice to God. Tension is finally greatly relieved when the Lord has the whale spit Jonah out. This is the climax of the story because now as the reader I get to see if Jonah will truly choose to obey God’s will and go to Nineveh to serve him