Depends how much time you spend in the room. You could very well smell bad because your clothing, even your clean clothing, would be in there absorbing the odors. Have mercy on mankind and rodent alike by cleaning the cage more often.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.