Synopsis of "Time Must Have a Stop"
Baby-faced adolescent Sebastian Barnack is the protagonist of "Time Must Have a Stop",a novel by Aldous Huxley, written in 1944. Misunderstood and underestimated, gifted but unrecognized, Sebastian winds his way through complex life events while home in England and in Italy vacationing with his uncle Eustace. The novel transpires in the 1930s, against growing Fascism, a menacing backdrop that influences the story Domineered by over-assertive relatives, as well as victimized by his own adolescent drives and machines, he is comic and serious both. Though intelligent, he thinks like an adolescent, per Huxley's intimate grasp of inner dialogue. Already a talented poet, but not good at “maths”, as the term was used back then, Sebastián's literary gifts contrasts with his youth. A note on names. The title "Time Must Have a Stop" is drawn from Huxley’s storage of literary associations. “Time Must Have a Stop” are the impassioned Hotspur’s words—-from "