Neuromancer Conclusion

William Gibson’s novel, Neuromancer has a clear plot development, making it easy to follow along. First, Case was recruited by Armitage to complete a mission with his new partner Molly. Both of them were able to successfully complete their mission: Molly getting the password from 3Jane to unite Wintermute and Neuromancer, meanwhile Case was able to free himself from Neuromancer’s realm and use the password to complete the unification of Wintermute and Neuromancer. However, the reader does not know the purpose of their mission until the very end of the book, where Gibson explains the reasoning for Wintermute’s actions and that there is also another AI who happens to be the brother of Wintermute. Coincidentally, Wintermute’s brother happens to be called Neuromancer, the title of the novel, that is unusual. It makes the reader ponder as to why Gibson chose that name. Gibson goes more into depth, explaining meaning of its name, “Neuro from the nerves, the silver paths. Romancer. Necromancer. I call up the dead” (243-244). Besides that, towards the very end of the novel, the reader is left with a questioning feeling, why does Case see himself alongside Linda and Neuromancer at the end? Does this mean that Case is going to die soon? Additionally, what did become of Molly? The reader is left with an emptiness of not knowing where their heroine went, only being able to guess what might have happened to her.