Inherent vice 3

I've noticed that Pynchon also paints the end of the sixties as a turning point from innocence and pure recklessness, to serious suspicion and turmoil. Pynchon talks about the events of Charles Manson: "End of a certain kind of innocence...No more of that, I guess." The atmosphere seemed to have shifted from a very groovy feel to a whole new sense of paranoia. People had to finally come to grips with reality.