Neuromancer Part II

Gibson expresses Case’s paranoid experiences such as the “toxic sacs” flowing inside him. When Case hear this, he starts becoming worried and “tried to imagine Armitage’s toxin sacs dissolving in his bloodstream, microscopic membranes wearing thinner as he walked” (68). Case’s paranoid is easily shown here because after he hears the “toxin sacs” is inside him, he tries to think that it is not true. Instead of thinking those sacs inside him, he tries to imagine it is inside another person. Not only that, but when he sees “3 blank men; the woman reminded him of Linda Lee” (68). There might be some romance behind this quote because of Linda Lee, who was Case’s lover. Even though Linda is dead, Case still keeps the memories of her, which leads him to have illusion thoughts when seeing 3 blank men. The reader can see when Case stays in the matrix for too long, he gets all of these paranoid visions or thoughts.

“This is the message. Wintermute.” He spelled it out.
“From you?” Case took a step forward.
“No,” Yonderboy said. “For you.”
“Who from?”
“Wintermute,” Yonderboy repeated (68).

This caught my attention of the romance theme. The letter that Case received is something that he and Molly need to do and this gives me an idea that Molly and Case are becoming closer to each other. The two are usually on many different adventures, trying to investigate the problem and find the solution to it. Moreover, these adventures seem to be the main reason of their growing bond. Control plays into this relationship as well, as they become determined to find out whom Armitage is working for. The letter about Wintermute leads Case and Molly onto a further investigation.