neuromancer.conclusion.

In Gibson’s Neuromancer, the protagonist, Case, was previously a computer hacker. He stole from his employers, so they tampered with his brain. Case then met Molly, and she helped him to gain back some of his knowledge and skills from being a hacker. Case and Molly work together for Armitage, but neither one completely trusts him. They are unaware of his plans and motives. Throughout the story, Case uses simstim to “travel” with Molly and experience what she experiences. He helps guide her on their missions by using simstim and other computer programs. The first mission Case and Molly had was to steal a memory chip that contained Dixie Flatline. During each mission, they recruit another person (or cyborg) for their team. Case encounters Wintermute, an Artificial Intelligence (or AI) as different people, such a the Finn or Linda Lee. Wintermute watches out for Case; after Case is arrested by the Turing police, Wintermute destroys them so Case can escape. Later Molly is captured by Lady3Jane, so Case goes to rescue her. Reunited, Case and Molly try to obtain the code for something from 3Jane. Towards the end of the novel, we finally find out what their “mission” was. Case and Molly have been trying to hack into another Artificial Intelligence system. They try to get the code from 3Jane, yet she does not have the key. On one of Case and Molly’s earlier missions, they had found the key. Case uses simstim once again to help Molly and to break into the AI system. We also find out the the AI system is called Neuromancer. The Neuromancer was the one who killed Linda Lee (Case’s former lover) to try to trap Case. The end of the novel ties up most of the loose ends for us, but Case states that he never found out the color of Molly’s eyes. The last sentence of the novel is “He never saw Molly again.”