By the end of Neuromancer, a lot of questions and issues are finally resolved for the reader. Case is brought into another hallucination, but this time it is manipulated by Wintermute’s brother Neuromancer. We learn that Neuromancer was the one responsible for killing Linda Lee, and in doing so, hoping that her involvement in the hallucination will keep Case inside forever. Several times throughout the novel, Linda Lee’s face appeared in the Matrix. Once again, it is revealed that Neuromancer was the one behind all of these occurrences. Neuromancer thought that Linda Lee would be able to make Case stay with her in the hallucination, but Case is able to say no to her and not fall into Neuromancer’s trap. Case’s doesn’t show love for Linda Lee and all his love for her has faded away.
After a lot of toying with the reader, William Gibson ends Case’s and Molly’s relationship. Throughout the novel, the reader is never sure if they are madly in love with each other or if its just a fling. There seemed to be love there when Molly tells Case “You’re kinda like he was”(179) and how Case reminded her of a man she used to love. However Molly leaves Case and her true intentions are revealed. Molly didn’t see their relationship lasting very long and reveals her true feelings for Case.
Throughout the novel, the reader, as well as the characters, are in wonder of what Case and Molly’s true mission is. By the end, Wintermute has manipulated all of the characters for his one purpose in life: fuse with Neuromancer. Wintermute reveals itself one more time to Case in the image of Finn once again. Case asks Wintermute what it has become and it replies “Im the Matrix”(269). Wintermute is in search for other AIs like him and finds one in the Alpha Centauri star system. The novel ends with the a inhuman laughter, possible referring to Pauley McCoy the ROM construct that assisted Case throughout the novel. With all that said, many questions arise by the end of the novel: Why did Molly leave Case? Did she not love him? Did Case truly love Linda Lee? Why did Wintermute want to combine with Neuromancer? What did Wintermute achieve by becoming the Matrix? What truly happened to Pauley(Dixie)? Was he erased or did he become a part of the Matrix?
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