In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English This thesis is an ecocritical examination of the Hobbits, the Ents, and the Elves as found in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Being examined in this thesis is the interaction between the races and their surrounding environment, how the oppression of the land, in turn, oppresses the race of that land, and lastly, the restoration of the environment post-destruction...