In The Giver, what relationship does Jonas wish he had with The Giver?How do Jonas's parents repond when he asks if they love him? What decision...

Jonas wishes he was The Giver’s son or grandson.  Jonas
longs for a real family, where he can love and be loved.  This is why he asks his
parents if they love him, and why he leaves with Gabriel when he finds out Gabe is
scheduled to be released by his father.  Jonas begins to consider The Giver his family,
and it is likely that they are related.

After Jonas
experiences the memory of grandparents, he learns above love.  Love does not exist in
the community, because it and all other strong emotions are stamped out by Sameness.  It
is no coincidence that The Giver shows Jonas the memory of grandparents.  The Giver
considers himself a grandfather to Jonas, and he considered Rosemary his daughter.  The
Giver loves Jonas, and wants Jonas to experience
love. 

Jonas does learn to love, and this is why he runs
away.  When he asks his parents if they love him and they chide him for imprecise
language, he realizes that things will never change in the community unless something
drastic occurs.  He discusses with The Giver that it is important for them (Jonas and
The Giver) to change the others, because they do not know any better.  They need to be
rescued from their lack of humanity.

What are some images that fit the poem, 'In time Of Silver Rain' ?

I assume that you mean the poem "In Time of Silver Rain"
by Langston Hughes.  This is a simple poem that describes the beauty and joy of
springtime.

Some of the images in this poem
are:

a)

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 Green grasses grow
And flowers lift
their
heads,

b)

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The butterflies
Lift silken
wings

c)

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And trees put forth
New
leaves

d)

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down the roadway
Passing boys and
girls
Go singing

A
couple of interesting notes about this poem:

The word
"life" is repeated 5 times.

If you look at how the poem is
printed on a page (or computer screen) each stanza looks a little bit like a tree (see
link below).

Gatsby has a great difficulty accepting the idea that the past is the past, and that he shouldn't yearn to recapture it. What does this say about him?

This might be one of the most interesting elements to
Gatsby's character.  His experiences with the past is a very compelling aspect of his
personal composition.  On one hand, Gatsby does not acknowledge that the past is
binding.  It is he who says "Of course you can!" in terms of repeating the past.  In
this passage, Gatsby possesses a romantic idealism of human freedom and the capacity to
define oneself.  In the end, this zeal in freedom is something that is distinctive in
his character.  Given this, Gatsby's supposed yearning to recapture the past might be
more of a reflection of his faith in human freedom and in what can be done.  Gatsby does
not possess the belief that human freedom has natural limits.  Rather, he believes that
subjectivity and its absence of constraints is of vital importance in self definition. 
This is something that transcends time, goes beyond aspects that would limit one's
ability to dream and envision.  I think that this speaks to his zealous embrace of
positivism and his pursuit of dreams, something that ends up crushing him in the end of
the narrative.

In the opening paragragh of "The Masque of the Red Death", what technique does Poe use to establish a tone of suspense?

Poe's word choice is his first paragraph paints a gruesome
picture of a horrible, painful, deadly experience known as the "Red Death."  Words like
devastated, fatal, horror, hideous and victim
are not happy words--they are words we associate with terror and death.  He then goes on
to describe the symptoms and manifestations of the illness in particular
detail--mentioning blood, sharp pains, dizziness, bleeding, and the scarlet stains.  If
this is not enough to terrorize the reader, Poe then says that if a person is afflicted
with the disease, other people will shun him or her and not be willing to
help.

As readers, we are asking ourselves why Poe is
describing such horrible suffering and pain in such detail--it must be essential to the
rest of the story for some gruesome reason.

Then, without
so much of a transition or explanation, Poe starts his next paragraph with Prince
Prospero (prosperous, which those who are afflicted with the illness are not) being
happy and wise.  Again, we as the reader are left wondering--why did he tell us about
the illness?  How is that going to come into play in this
story?

The juxtaposition of the horrible suffering of the
misfortune and the happy-go-lucky prosperous prince is jarring, to say the
least.

What is the characterization of the story "In the Cemetry where Al Jolson is Buried"?Characters

This is an incredibly moving and sad story. The tale
features two characters, both of whom are unnamed. Firstly there is the dying friend
that the narrator visits. Her attempt to confront and accept her approaching death is a
major struggle for her. The first line of the story, "Tell me the things I won't mind
forgetting," thus creates the impetus for the story that follows. She does try to
realistically approach the reality of her mortality, as is shown by the reference to
Kubler-Ross and the stages of acceptance of death. She also displays considerable humour
in confronting her own death, as is shown by her asking for "Anything.. except for a
magazine subscription" and when she places the telephone cord around her neck and says,
"the End o' the Line." However, what she is unable to face with humour is the narrator's
refusal to spend the night with her. In response to this she throws her mask to the
floor and lurches out of her Isolation Ward. She is not able to accept this betrayal
from her best friend, as she sees it.

The narrator shows
herself to be a character that tries to avoid things she is afraid of. We know that she
has deliberately put off visiting her friend, and her refusal to spend the night with
her is as much about her own fear of death and the situation as anything else. When she
understands the intention of her friend, she says to herself, "She wants every minute...
She wants my life." Note too the way that she likes to flee from situations. When she
leaves her "Best Friend" for the last time, she recognises that she "could not even
offer to come back." Yet she also admits that she feels "exhilirated" by the life that
she can return to and her friend cannot live anymore. Although she seems to be
superficial and shallow in the way that she remembers only useless information and the
rather callous way she leaves her friend, the last paragraph shows that she is beginning
to accept and grow in her understanding of grief:

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Baby, come hug, Baby, come hug, fluent now in the
language of grief.

Her
attempt to master her Fear of Flying and the finishing of the story of the chimp at
least shows us that she is a character that has grown through the experience, even
though perhaps complete maturity is a long way off.

How do the adult characters in The Book Thief provide a positive role model for Liesel Meminger?

The adults in Liesel's life show compassion to others even
during the most trying of times.  Hans is a major role model for Liesel, and he often
puts his life at risk to show compassion to others.  Hans knows that he will be jailed
or killed for hiding Max in the basement, but he believes that all people have a right
to live, so he takes the risk.  From this behavior, Liesel learns compassion.  And even
though Rosa is often harsh in her words, she also is compassionate to Max and makes sure
that he has enough to eat.  She can hardly feed her own family, but she splits their
provisions to provide for Max.  The Hubermanns similarly opened their home to Liesel
when her mother could no longer care for her, and certainly Liesel sees their sacrifice
on her behalf.  So, Hans and Rosa provide positive role models for
Liesel.

What was the conflict between Miss Maudie and Mrs. Merriweather?

I would add to the first answer that another reason for
the conflict is Mrs. Merriweather's reference to Atticus helping Tom Robinson; it is
clear that she does not approve of it.  After she complains to the other women that
"some people" think they're doing the right thing by defending Tom, Miss Maudie snaps,
and I paraphrase here: "His food doesn't stick going down, does
it?"

This is Maudie's way of showing her disapproval of
Mrs. Merriweather's absurd, racist remarks, and especially her attempt to criticize
Atticus (while eating his food!)