Brave New World, Chapter 4 - 'Size Matters'

"Bernard's physique was hardly better than that of the average Gamma. He stood eight centrimetres short of the standard Alpha height and was slender in propprtion... Indeed, a hypnopaedic prejudice in favor of size was universal. Hence the laughter of the women to whom he made proposals, the practical joking of his equals among the men. The mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one, which increased the prejudice against him and intensified the contempt and hostility aroused by his physical defects. Which in turn increased his sense of being alien and alone" (Huxley 64-65).

In arguing on both sides of how scientific and technological advancement benefit humanity is demonstrated with how the Brave New World society there are multiple different castes such as the Alphas, Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons. Bernard Marx's is a part of the Alpha caste but, he is different from most of the Alpha's he is shorter than most of them so the other Alpha's treat him differently because he is not like the rest of them and this is because the rumor is that when he was in the decanting room they accidentally put alcohol in his jar mistaking him for being a Gamma. The positive effects of having people who are around the same height and share the same characteristics is that people will have more in common with others, and will not have a difficult time, like in our society, to find friends. The negative effects to having people who should be around the same height and share the same characteristics is that someone could have what happened to Bernard in the decanting room and turn out different from the others in their caste system, which will make their peers treat them differently and make them feel like outsiders.