I always read that section of brave new world as being a satire of the then current society and it&#x27;s social classes. Basically the poor live in deprived circumstances and so geow up stunted compared with better fed and nurtured kids from other backgrounds.<p>Surely it&#x27;s not a coincidence that they were stunted via alcohol, rather than random scary chemical X.<p>Though so many other people seem to not see this interpretation, I&#x27;ve started to wonder if I&#x27;ve just invented it.