Pollution And Overpopulation In The Odyssey

Pollution comes in different forms that all impact our environment, our lives, and our attitudes in a different way. By far the worst kinds of pollution that grinds people’s gears are deafening noise pollution and overpopulation. Early mornings are one of the most beautiful things this earth has to offer. With its sunrises full of brilliant oranges and yellows to its cool breeze, nothing beats sitting motionless, feeling the warm sun and cool breeze on your skin while enjoying a rich cup of coffee. Unless, of course, the relaxing morning is disrupted by the mechanical sounds of construction and lawn mowing or the sound of someone playing terrible music way too loud. Being forced to listen to shrill and earsplitting noises can cause a person …show more content…
With a population of seven billion that is constantly growing it’s rare to be in a public area that isn’t crowded with bodies. Take schools, for example, a prevalent issue many schools are facing now is that they are filled to the brim with students. My school is a clear cut example of this; with nearly three thousand students attending this year, it’s hard not to feel like a sardine mushed against the corner of the can. Walking through the halls is like trying to navigate of sea of teenagers, attempting to get to class on time can be compared to Odysseus’ journey back home in The Odyssey. Whether it’s a couple confessing their eternal love to each other right in front of my locker or some a group of kids leisurely walking in front of me as if we’re at museum and the posters on the walls promoting clubs are the art work, there are complications around every corner stopping me from reaching my destination. Unfortunately, overpopulation doesn’t stop at school, it follows me to every public location there is. The mall is the number one place that is plagued by the overpopulation dilemma. In the ideal shopping experienced you’d walk through those grand doors and immediately be hit with the ambrosial smell of soft pretzels and the quiet hum of shoppers, but that is nothing what the true shopping experience is like. You walk in to the crowded abyss of people just to find yourself smelling more body odor than delicious soft pretzels. Instead of feeling the much needed AC I feel the hot air emanating from everyone’s mouths. After miraculously finishing all my shopping I decide to take a break at the food court. I stare up at the marvelous display of restaurants but once I look down I am face to face with the monstrous crowd. Surrounding me are people of all sorts, families, tourists, groups of friends, all of them buzzing around like bees in hive. However, of course, I’m just another bee buzzing around the hive