Killing animals for fun ain't no joke, says Aldo Leopold. He saw a "green fire" die in the eyes of the female wolf he killed. And the entire Green Movement—you might have heard of it—takes its name from that fire.
Leopold creates an entire ethic, which he calls a land ethic, around the idea that all non-humans and all ecosystems should be treated ethically. Because they're entities with rights, not just characters-of-our-own-devising.
But what's this got to do with literature? Take a read, and tell us: how do you think Leopold's land ethic can be applied to literary analysis? When we're wearing our Ecocriticism hats, what do we conclude about a character who treats the land like his own personal resource for food and fun?