In the book of Jonah, Jonah writes how he was told by God to go to the city of Nineveh to preach to the people there. Jonah was so afraid that he "got up and went in the other direction to Tarshish, running away from God" (Jonah 1:3, The Message). He got aboard a ship that was on its way to Tarshish, but God sent a huge storm. Everyone was terrified and Jonah tells them to throw him out to sea because this was his fault. Immediately after they threw him overboard, the seas calmed. Instead of drowning or swimming to shore, Jonah was swallowed by a giant fish. Inside, he prayed to God for forgiveness, Then God spoke to the fish, who vomited him on the seashore where he had a second chance to fulfill the will of God.
In Disney's Pinocchio, Gepetto is swallowed by a giant whale while searching for Pinocchio. When Pinocchio hears of this news, he travels deep into the ocean to find the whale that swallowed up Gepetto, along with his conscience Jiminy. Pinocchio makes his way inside the whale and reunites with his father, Gepetto. They build a huge fire causing the whale to sneeze. They are then blasted ashore and left to start their lives over together.
Though the stories are very different, they share many commonalities. Jonah and Pinocchio both "find redemption in the belly of a whale." They way they do this however, is different. Jonah asks God for a second chance to prove himself worthy and to fulfill God's plan, no matter where it leads him. While on the other hand, Pinocchio proves himself brave, truthful and selfless by risking his life to travel deep into the depths of the ocean to save his father and because of this, he earns the right to become a real boy.
In the book of Jonah, Jonah writes how he was told by God to go to the city of Nineveh to preach to the people there. Jonah was so afraid that he "got up and went in the other direction to Tarshish, running away from God" (Jonah 1:3, The Message). He got aboard a ship that was on its way to Tarshish, but God sent a huge storm. Everyone was terrified and Jonah tells them to throw him out to sea because this was his fault. Immediately after they threw him overboard, the seas calmed. Instead of drowning or swimming to shore, Jonah was swallowed by a giant fish. Inside, he prayed to God for forgiveness, Then God spoke to the fish, who vomited him on the seashore where he had a second chance to fulfill the will of God.
In Disney's Pinocchio, Gepetto is swallowed by a giant whale while searching for Pinocchio. When Pinocchio hears of this news, he travels deep into the ocean to find the whale that swallowed up Gepetto, along with his conscience Jiminy. Pinocchio makes his way inside the whale and reunites with his father, Gepetto. They build a huge fire causing the whale to sneeze. They are then blasted ashore and left to start their lives over together.
Though the stories are very different, they share many commonalities. Jonah and Pinocchio both "find redemption in the belly of a whale." They way they do this however, is different. Jonah asks God for a second chance to prove himself worthy and to fulfill God's plan, no matter where it leads him. While on the other hand, Pinocchio proves himself brave, truthful and selfless by risking his life to travel deep into the depths of the ocean to save his father and because of this, he earns the right to become a real boy.
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