The Crying of Lot 49

This novel makes a point to display the turbulence of society at the time. A major issue of the time was drugs. As Mucho Mass was on LSD it finally causes him to go crazy. His battle with drugs alienates Odepia and she has an affair with Metzger. While the story is about the mysetery Odepia is trying to put together it is also about her growing as a person in this crazy time period. Odepia is constantly hullucinating making it seem she also is always on drugs. The characters drug use, illusion, and craziness cause them to become alienated from one another, ruining marriages and relationships. This time she is living in makes her process of self discovery a rocky one. What makes her a part of society, her connection to the drug use and moral lapses, is what ultimately leaves her alienated. It distrubs her relationships and beings illusion and choas into the story. This is how drug use of that time period affected a large part of society.