It is never a good idea to bring emotions into a workplace as it stirs up trouble and creates an uncomfortable atmosphere. Case, Molly, Armitage, and others in their line of work barely show any emotions in the novel. Are they keeping their jobs strictly platonic or do the simply suffer from a lack of emotion?<\/p>\n
In Neuromancer<\/span>, little emotion, or any at all, is shown after an injury or murder on the job. They may be used to witnessing death or are unable to express their sadness. Case admits that he \u201chad always taken it for granted that the real bosses, the kingpins in a given industry, would be both more and less than people<\/em>\u201d (Gibson 203). The people in Case\u2019s industry live cold and unaffected lives, riding themselves of typical human qualities. Ashpool even compares this lack of sentiment to an \u201cimitation of autism\u201d (185).<\/p>\n It is undeniable that Case and Molly maintain a sexual relationship while simultaneously taking down the enemy. However, do they truly care about one another? When Maelcum asks Case, \u201cShe you woman, Case?\u201d Case responds, \u201cI dunno. Nobody\u2019s woman, maybe\u201d (192). He feels no emotional attatchment to Molly regardless of the fact that they spend all their time with each other or in contact and are having sex. In their emotionless world, they are incapable of preserving a modern day passionate relationship.<\/p>\n Laughing, crying, loving, hating- all emotions humans regularly experience. Case screams when Molly gets hurt, but is that just a human reflex uncontrolled by emotions? Is he just speaking meaningless words when Case claims he despises Wintermute but then trusts the AI\u2019s directions? Molly rarely cries since her surgery to relocate her tear ducts so she instead spits- an emotionless act. The characters in the novel work together but never create bonds or put their feelings on display. Are they simply trying to keep work strictly work, or are they wired specifically to feel nothing?<\/p>\n In Gibson\u2019s imagined future, where everyone has been altered and enhanced by surgeries, it makes one wonder whether these procedures are extracting all emotions and creating a world of robots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is never a good idea to bring emotions into a workplace as it stirs up trouble and creates an uncomfortable atmosphere. Case, Molly, Armitage, and others in their line of work barely show any emotions in the novel. Are they keeping their jobs strictly platonic or do the simply suffer from a lack of<\/p>\n