Neuromancer Examples of the Human relationship to technology and machines

Human Relationships to Technology or Machines

- “black clinis of Chiba were the cutting edge, whole bodies supplanted monthly” pg.4 This passage in the beginning describes Case’s need for technology and how there is a black market for technology.

- “jacked into a custom cyberspace deck that projected his disembodied consciousness” pg.5 This passage stood out because it was the first reference to “jacking” in where there seems to be the imagery of The Matrix.

-“The expansion-grate catwalk vibrated with his weight” pg. 20 Case lived in these coffins that were introduced in this passage where this new form of hotels seemed tobe brought on by advanced technology where such a small place could be a home.

-“It’ll work, Case. You got no idea, the kind of stuff Armitage has.” pg. 29 When Case meets Armitage and hears his terms, Armitage’s possession of highly advanced technology seems to be the teetering point of getting Case.

-“Something new in your head, yeah. Silicon, coat of pyrolitic carbons.” Pg. 49 This complicated passage with lots of different science terms seem to describe Molly as almost being half machine, defining all the things that is put into her.

-“The matric has its roots in primitive arcade games,” said the voice over, “in early graphics programs and military experimentation” pg.51 After Case is ready to prepare to jack in, the cut-off points begins with the television describing what matrix is all about.

-“And flowed, flowered for him, fluid neon origami trick” pg. 52 When Case is jacking in for the first time after the surgery, this great paragraph of imagery shows that Case is extremely happy to be apart of the matrix once again showing his relief right after.

-“I haven’t got a clue. Know I’m fitting Moll for a broadcast rig, so it’s probably her sensorium you’ll access.” Pg. 53 With the advancement in technology that takes place all throughout this book, we see that this part actually shows that Case is able to connect to another person all through machinery.

-“The transition to cyberspace, when he hit the switch, was instantaneous.” Pg. 56 With the growing technology we have today, this passage details the enormous rate of how the matrix works and is needed to get into this “other world”.

-“Case flipped to cyberspace and sent a command pulsing down the crimson thread that pierced the library ice.” Pg. 65 This connection with technology represents the control that humans seem to have over the machinery itself.

Neuromancer Setting

As I was reading neuromancer, I remembered to recall the first sentence of the book because it lays out a sort of theme to the book. However, I think the first page overall, (page 3) gives an overview about where the setting takes place. While reading this, I captured the various cues that made it clear that this story’s beginning is taking place in Japan. These cues that I noticed were, the bars name, Chatsubo, the direct reference to Japanese words, and the draft beer Kirin that is a originated from Japan. This first page helped to jump start the reader into being involved with the surroundings and it allowed me to relate places and concepts that I knew to the real thing. By using these direct words, the setting is vivid and prevents a lot of confusion.

Another passage is when the author starts to describe Case, our main character. This sets up how the character himself relates to the book as a whole, where we see references to the “matrix” giving us the idea that this is talking about the future and how the computer world is taking over. His character sets up the story quite well, but Gibson uses new ideas, since this book was written in the past about the future, that seem to hold different meanings from what we think about today. In a sense, the movie of the matrix gives us a picture of how this book flows, but obviously they are not going into an alternate world created by computers, but more in the sense of the World Wide Web being a place where opportunities are endless. The reader learns in the first chapter that Case was considered a “cowboy” of the Internet world, and this caused him to get into serious trouble that severely injured his abilities and is searching for a way to get them back.

While the book progresses, we see the title of the place he starts out in is called “Night City”, helping us think of a place that is frozen in perpetual darkness. Through his initial ventures through this city, the setting gets set up where he will obtain his abilities and wreak some cyberspace damage. Gibson uses a extremely imaginative view of the future in order to create this story and the setting he surrounds this book on. Even though the beginning only shows a portion of where they will be, we see that the first sentence is an image that we should keep throughout the whole book, since the sky is enormous and vast.