Cyberspace In William Gibson's Neuromancer

In William Gibson’s Neuromancer, the theme of cyberspace allowing characters to restructure their identities is prevalent. Yet, does cyberspace, as Gibson outlines it, actually allow characters like Case, Molly, and Linda to create new identities or are these new identities formed superficially? Is Gibson critical of present anxieties about how cyberspace shapes identities or is he simply projecting speculative and hopeful aspects of cyberspace into the future? There are aspects of reality that cannot be replicated or replaced in cyberspace, and this is emphasized through the fact that Case tends to avoid reality in any way possible and instead prefers the virtual world over the physical. Gibson questions whether or not people can remain the same as they transfer from reality to the virtual world.
The blurred boundaries between cyberspace and reality is interweaved with the formations of identity for characters such as Case, Molly, and Linda. Through the blurred boundaries between machines and people, Gibson expresses several anxieties about how

In the final chapter, on page 270, Case mentions that he “spent the bulk of his Swiss account on a new pancreas and liver” (Gibson, 270). This scene is a pivotal turning point for Case as it shows how he has come to appreciate his body on some level, despite spending the majority of the novel calling his body “meat” (Gibson, 6). Case’s new acknowledgement of his body contrasts his previous focus on “the bodiless exultation of cyberspace” (Gibson, 6). By choosing the real world over living in cyberspace with a Linda replica, Case understands that he has been using the virtual world as a mode of escape, even if it did give some purpose to his life. Yet, there seems to be a sense that even though Case has come to see the importance of his body, he still prefers and desires to be in