Is Your Anger Unto Death Legitimate?

God asked Jonah, is it right for you to be angry about the plant? He couldn't get Jonah to own up to this question. So try this small plant tactic: Is your anger unto death about a plant legitimate? That's good. This should shake him out of his irrationality, right? And what is his response? Of course it's right for me to be angry. I'm so angry. I wish I were dead. But God doesn't give up because he's gracious. He's compassionate. He's slow to anger. The bound and loving kindness. He's going to work this out. For the first time in the whole story, he's happy and he cares