Quarter 2- Assignment 1

David Riccardo (Sarah Basler)
A filthy stench seems to cling to my lungs as I walk through the crowded streets. My feet sink into the mud below me, and I am constantly swinging my arms in attempt to keep the bugs out of my hair and eyes. As I look around, all I can see are people. People crying, yelling, pushing, and shoving, trying to make their way to their job before it is too late. There is only one word that I can use to describe this: overpopulation. What had begun as a way to get people out of poverty, as become the cause of the death of hundreds of people. Women and children forced to work thirteen hours a day for six days a week, in cramped factory rooms with no air to breathe and dangerous machines. True, the production is increasing, but as the population increases, we are needing more and more production, thus putting more and more people to work. This only results in more people crammed into smaller rooms, which causes diseases to spread quickly and people to loose their. Instead of making all of the goods ourselves, I believe we should rely on international trade. Not only would this mean that people wouldn't have to work as hard, but we could also get more goods without worrying about not having enough. It is bad enough that the cities are filthy. We don't need people starving on top of that. The Industrial Revolution was meant to start something good, but instead, it has simply led to more people than our profits can handle.