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This article posits that a fictional eco-rebel might be not just a human (child or young adult), but also a plant, revolting against the destruction of its dwelling place. The argument is furthered by way of a literary analysis of arboreal agency in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, building on perspectives from critical plant studies. Departing from a closer look at the etymological roots of the term “eco-rebel”, the article highlights previous work on plants in Tolkien’s epic, with an emphasis on trees, before engaging in close reading and analysis of three instances of arboreal hostility and rebellion in The Lord of the Rings. Ultimately, the article argues that Tolkien has created a novel kind of eco-rebel, with a basis in his acknowledgement of plant agency.

Water is omnipresent in many shapes and forms in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. To most critics, this water symbolizes melancholy, hope, and salvation-but then these scholars treat all water as if it were the same. In contrast, I demonstrate that there are six always intertwined and overlapping aspects or facets of representations of water: instrumental (to move the plot forward), geographical (to set up distinctions and boundaries), figurative (images of water employed in rhetorical devices), mystical (magical incarnations of water), pathetic (mirroring the emotions of characters), and intentional (creating meaning by prefiguring and intensifying character's ideas and decisions and by developing the plot). In addition, I trace similarities between representations of water in The Lord of the Rings and the symbolism of water in our primary world. In the interaction of the six aspects, for instance in the chapter \"Helm's Deep,\" representations of water in The Lord of the Rings show that there are always good and bad possibilities in every situation, and they encourage readers to take responsibility and make the best of these possibilities.

Slaker's first USHL goal came off an assist from Ryan Galt, while Tarek Baker and Blake Gober had helpers on [Patrick Curry]'s score for the Thunder, who improved to 2-0 ahead of Saturday's 7 p.m. home contest against Youngstown.

\"The positive thing here is that BFSA is not going away and if the city were to get into any kind of financial troubles, BFSA would have the ability to move back in with a hard control board,\" according to Moody's analyst Robert Weber. \"We receive and comment, but we don't say 'yea' or 'nay.' We don't have the power to approve or decline,\" [Bryce Link] said. \"But it's essential that Buffalo puts its own financial controls in place in order to protect the progress we've made over these past few years,\" [Patrick Curry] added. \"That is why we drafted the Buffalo Fiscal Integrity Act.\"

[Patrick Curry] is sitting in an apartment on the eighth floor of the Mondrian hotel, one of the swankier hotels along Los Angeles' Sunset Boulevard, talking about Stubbs the Zombie: Rebel without a Pulse, a game featuring all the classic hallmarks of zombie lore: revenge, brain chomping, shambling corpses, and, of course, chainsaws. \"This game is based on B-movie classics, on zombie lore, and you have to have a chainsaw in zombie games, you have to,\" Curry says, adding that he's been killing zombies for 15 years and it's time to give zombies their day in the spotlight. One thing's for sure, Stubbs the zombie isn't going to be a game for the squeamish. Stubbs can recruit an army by -- wait for it -- eating the brains of the hapless inhabitants of Punchbowl, complete with fountains of blood. He can also toss gut grenades, using, yes, his guts, and as in the classic zombie way, anyone eaten by Stubbs turns into a zombie. \"Stubbs eats brains to refill his energy, like gasoline. The brain juice is like gasoline,\" Curry says.

I don't think anything's been changed or anything different has been going on, said [Logan Halladay], who extended his scoreless streak to 147 minutes as the Thunder booked a 2-0 victory over Madison before a crowd of 2,618. Halladay stopped 29 shots in a goalie duel with the Capitols' Garrett Metcalf. Tarek Baker and Patrick Curry broke through with third-period tallies as Bloomington (16-9-3) won for the eighth time in nine games while bouncing back from a Wednesday loss at Cedar Rapids. Hally's been really good his last four or five starts. He's playing confident and making the big saves we need, said Thunder coach Dennis Williams. He was our best player out there, for sure.